coefficient

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Alternative forms

• coëfficient

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˌkəʊˈɪ.fɪʃn̩t/, /ˌkəʊˈi.fɪʃn̩t/, X-SAMPA: /%k@U"I.fISn=t/, /%k@U"i.fISn=t/

Adjective

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.

Translations

cooperating

• Bulgarian: съдействащ (bg) (sǎdejstvašt)
• Dutch: behulpzaam (nl)

• Finnish: myötävaikuttava (fi)
• Spanish: coeficiente (es)

Noun

coefficient (plural coefficients)

1. (mathematics) A constant by which an algebraic term is multiplied.
2. A number, value or item that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic.

Hyponyms

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

Derived terms

• coefficient of friction
• correlation coefficient
• Gini coefficient

Translations

algebraic constant

• Bulgarian: фактор (bg) (fáktor) m, коефициент (bg) (koeficiént) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 係數 (cmn), 系数 (cmn) (xìshù)

• Czech: koeficient (cs) m, součinitel (cs) m
• Danish: koefficient (da) c
• Dutch: coëfficiënt (nl) m
• Esperanto: koeficiento (eo)
• Finnish: kerroin (fi)
• French: coefficient (fr) m, facteur (fr) m
• German: Koeffizient (de) m
• Greek: συντελεστής (el) (syntelestís) m

• Hungarian: együttható (hu)
• Irish: comhéifeacht (ga) f
• Italian: coefficiente (it) m
• Japanese: 係数 (ja) (けいすう, keisū)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: هاوکۆڵکه‌ (ku) (hawkolke), فاکته‌ری هاوبه‌ش (ku) (fakteri hawbesh)

• Polish: współczynnik m
• Romanian: coeficient (ro) m
• Russian: коэффициент (ru) (koefficiént) m, фактор (ru) (fáktor) m
• Spanish: coeficiente (es) m

measure of some property or characteristic

• Bulgarian: коефициент (bg) (koeficiént) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 係數 (cmn), 系数 (cmn) (xìshù)

• Danish: koefficient (da) c
• Dutch: coëfficiënt (nl) m
• Finnish: kerroin (fi)

• French: coefficient (fr) m
• German: Koeffizient (de) m
• Italian: coefficiente (it) m
• Japanese: 係数 (ja) (けいすう, keisū)
• Russian: коэффициент (ru) (koefficiént) m

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• French: coefficient (fr) m

• Spanish: coeficiente (es) m

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kɔ.e.fi.sjɑ̃/, X-SAMPA: /kO.e.fi.sjA~/

Noun

coefficient m (plural coefficients)

1. coefficient

Derived terms

• coefficient d'erreur
• coefficient de remplissage