coefficient

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1. Cooperating.

   Nevertheless, there was some substance to the notion that acclaim and merit were coefficient.

   2005, Mathew Callahan, Boff Whalley, The Trouble with Music, page 12

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   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;

   1850, August Neander, The Life of Jesus Christ in Its Historical Connexion and Historical ..., page 13

plural coefficients · alternative coëfficient

1. mathematicsA constant by which an algebraic term is multiplied.
2. mathematicsAn entry of a matrix.

   Definition 3.7. A lattice Λ is called an integral lattice if its Gram matrix has coefficients in ℤ.

   2004, Frédérique Oggier, Emanuele Viterbo, Algebraic Number Theory and Code Design for Rayleigh Fading Channels, Now Publishers Inc, page 17

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   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.

   2016, Anthony E. Armenàkas, Advanced Mechanics of Materials and Applied Elasticity, CRC Press, page 681

   Synonyms: entry, term

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

   Near-synonym: constant

   Synonyms: constant