coefficient

• coëfficient

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.

• (UK) IPA^(key): [ˌkəʊ.ɪˈfɪʃn̩t], [ˌkəʊ.iˈfɪʃn̩t]

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• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌkoʊ.ɪˈfɪʃənt/, /ˌkoʊ.əˈfɪʃənt/

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• Rhymes: -ɪʃənt

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.

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 [S^e] (e = 1, 2, 3) vanish. We call the non-vanishing coefficients of the matrix [S^e] the stiffness coefficients of element e and we denote them by K_rs^e.

   • 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.

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

• coëfficient

From co- +‎ efficient.

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.e.fi.sjɑ̃/

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coefficient m (plural coefficients)

1. coefficient

• coefficient d’erreur
• coefficient de remplissage

• “coefficient”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.