Coefficient

//ˌkoʊ.ɪˈfɪʃənt// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Cooperating.

    "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;"

Noun
  1. 1
    A constant by which an algebraic term is multiplied.
  2. 2
    a constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic wordnet
  3. 3
    An entry of a matrix.

    "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."

  4. 4
    A number, value, or item that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic.

    "Near-synonym: constant"

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

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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