coefficient

See also: coëfficient and coëfficiënt

English

Alternative forms

• coëfficient

Etymology

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 coefficere, which comes from co- and efficere.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌkəʊ.ɪˈfɪʃn̩t/, /ˌkəʊ.iˈfɪʃn̩t/
• Rhymes: -ɪʃənt

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

• Portuguese: coeficiente (pt)
• Russian: содействующий (ru) (sodejstvujuščij)
• 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

• Armenian: գործակից (hy) (gorcakicʿ)
• Bulgarian: фа́ктор (bg) m (fáktor), коефицие́нт m (koeficiént)
• Catalan: coeficient m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 係數, 系数 (hai⁶ sou³)

  Mandarin: 係數 (zh), 系数 (zh) (xìshù)

• Czech: koeficient (cs) m, součinitel m
• Danish: koefficient c
• Dutch: coëfficiënt (nl) m
• Esperanto: koeficiento
• Estonian: koefitsent
• Finnish: kerroin (fi)
• French: coefficient (fr) m, facteur (fr) m
• German: Koeffizient (de) m
• Greek: συντελεστής (el) m (syntelestís)
• Hungarian: együttható (hu), szorzó (hu), szorzótényező, ^{(please verify)} koefficiens
• Icelandic: stuðull m
• Irish: comhéifeacht f

• Italian: coefficiente (it) m
• Japanese: 係数 (ja) (けいすう, keisū)
• Korean: 계수 (ko) (gyesu)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ھاوکۆڵکە‎ (ku) (hawkollke), فاکتەری ھاوبەش‎ (ku) (fakterî hawbeş)

• Latin: coefficiēns (la)
• Maori: tauwhakarea
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: koeffisient m

  Nynorsk: koeffisient m

• Polish: współczynnik (pl) m
• Portuguese: coeficiente (pt) m
• Romanian: coeficient (ro) m
• Russian: коэффицие́нт (ru) m (koefficijént), фа́ктор (ru) m (fáktor)
• Spanish: coeficiente (es) m
• Swedish: koefficient (sv) c
• Tagalog: katuwang

measure of some property or characteristic

• Bulgarian: коефицие́нт m (koeficiént)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 係數 (zh), 系数 (zh) (xìshù)

• Danish: koefficient c
• Dutch: coëfficiënt (nl) m
• Finnish: kerroin (fi)
• French: coefficient (fr) m
• German: Koeffizient (de) m
• Hungarian: együttható (hu)

• Italian: coefficiente (it) m
• Japanese: 係数 (ja) (けいすう, keisū)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: koeffisient m

  Nynorsk: koeffisient m

• Portuguese: coeficiente (pt) m
• Russian: коэффицие́нт (ru) m (koefficijént)
• Swedish: koefficient (sv) c
• Tagalog: katuwang

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Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} coefficient (fr) m

• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} coeficiente (es) m

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.e.fi.sjɑ̃/

Noun

coefficient m (plural coefficients)

1. coefficient

Derived terms

• coefficient d'erreur
• coefficient de remplissage

Further reading

• “coefficient” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).