'Coefficient' definitions:
Definition of 'coefficient'
From: WordNet
noun
A constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic
Definition of 'Coefficient'
From: GCIDE
- Coefficient \Co`ef*fi"cient\, a. Cooperating; acting together to produce an effect. {Co`ef*fi"cient*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Coefficient'
From: GCIDE
- Coefficient \Co`ef*fi"cient\, n.
- 1. That which unites in action with something else to produce the same effect. [1913 Webster]
- 2. [Cf. F. coefficient.] (Math.) A number or letter put before a letter or quantity, known or unknown, to show how many times the latter is to be taken; as, 6x; bx; here 6 and b are coefficients of x. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Physics) A number, commonly used in computation as a factor, expressing the amount of some change or effect under certain fixed conditions as to temperature, length, volume, etc.; as, the coefficient of expansion; the coefficient of friction. [1913 Webster]
- Arbitrary coefficient (Math.), a literal coefficient placed arbitrarily in an algebraic expression, the value of the coefficient being afterwards determined by the conditions of the problem. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'coefficient'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- coacting,
- coactive,
- coadjutant,
- coadjuvant,
- collaborative,
- collective,
- collectivist,
- collectivistic,
- collusive,
- combined,
- commensal,
- common,
- communal,
- communalist,
- communalistic,
- communist,
- communistic,
- communitarian,
- concerted,
- concordant,
- concurrent,
- concurring,
- conjoint,
- conniving,
- cooperant,
- cooperating,
- cooperative,
- ecumenic,
- fellow,
- harmonious,
- harmonized,
- joint,
- mutual,
- noncompetitive,
- reciprocal,
- symbiotic,
- synergetic,
- synergic,
- synergistic,
- uncompetitive
Words containing 'Coefficient'
- Coefficiency,
- Coefficiently,
- Arbitrary coefficient,
- Coefficient of elasticity,
- Differential coefficient,
- Indeterminate coefficients,
- Laplace's Coefficients,
- absorption coefficient,
- coefficient of absorption,
- coefficient of concordance,
- coefficient of correlation,
- coefficient of drag,
- coefficient of expansion,
- coefficient of friction,
- coefficient of reflection,
- coefficient of resistance,
- coefficient of viscosity,
- correlation coefficient,
- drag coefficient,
- phi coefficient,
- regression coefficient,
- Partial differential coefficients,
- biserial correlation coefficient,
- coefficient of mutual induction,
- coefficient of self induction,
- multiple correlation coefficient,
- tau coefficient of correlation,
- tetrachoric correlation coefficient,
- product-moment correlation coefficient,
- rank-difference correlation coefficient,
- rank-order correlation coefficient,
- pearson product-moment correlation coefficient