coefficient
/ˌkoʊ.ɪˈfɪʃənt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.39 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
noun
A constant by which an algebraic term is multiplied.
Example Sentences
- "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;"
- "Nevertheless, there was some substance to the notion that acclaim and merit were coefficient."
- "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."
- "Definition 3.7. A lattice Λ is called an integral lattice if its Gram matrix has coefficients in ℤ."
- "Near-synonym: constant"
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 coefficio, which comes from co- and efficio.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌkoʊ.ɪˈfɪʃənt/
- British English: [ˌkəʊ.ɪˈfɪʃn̩t]
Inflected Forms
more coefficient (comparative)
most coefficient (superlative)
coëfficient (alternative)
coefficients (plural)