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coefficient

See also: coëfficient and coëfficiënt

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From French coefficient. Coined by French mathematician François Viète. Or influenced by (New) Latin coefficient-, which is the stem of coefficiens, which is a substantivation of the present active participle of coefficio, which comes from co- and efficio.

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coefficient (comparative more coefficient, superlative most coefficient)

  1. Cooperating.
    • 1850, August Neander, The Life of Jesus Christ in Its Historical Connexion and Historical ..., page 13:
      And so our own idea of Christ compels us to admit that two factors, the one natural, the other supernatural, were coefficient in his entrance into human life;
    • 2005, Mathew Callahan, Boff Whalley, The Trouble with Music, page 12:
      Nevertheless, there was some substance to the notion that acclaim and merit were coefficient.

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coefficient (plural coefficients)

  1. (mathematics) A constant by which an algebraic term is multiplied.
  2. (mathematics) An entry of a matrix.
    Synonyms: entry, term
    • 2016, Anthony E. Armenàkas, Advanced Mechanics of Materials and Applied Elasticity, CRC Press, page 681:
      Notice that many of the terms of the matrices [Se] (e = 1, 2, 3) vanish. We call the non-vanishing coefficients of the matrix [Se] the stiffness coefficients of element e and we denote them by Krse.
    • 2004, Frédérique Oggier, Emanuele Viterbo, Algebraic Number Theory and Code Design for Rayleigh Fading Channels, Now Publishers Inc, page 17:
      Definition 3.7. A lattice Λ is called an integral lattice if its Gram matrix has coefficients in ℤ.
  3. A number, value, or item that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic.

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(a number, value or item that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic):

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Etymology

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From co- +‎ efficient.

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coefficient m (plural coefficients)

  1. coefficient

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