coefficient
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Definition of coefficient
1 : any of the factors of a product considered in relation to a specific factor especially : a constant factor of a term as distinguished from a variable
2a : a number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic (as of a substance, device, or process) coefficient of expansion of a metal
b : measure
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The coefficient of friction is just some value that depends on the two types of materials interacting. — Rhett Allain, WIRED, "This Crazy Slide Is Either Evil or Funny," 17 June 2018 Just two years after the crash, the nation’s Gini coefficient, the standard measure of wealth distribution, was at 46.9, making the US among the most unequal of modern democracies. — Scott Timberg, Vox, "How music has responded to a decade of economic inequality," 30 July 2018 Generally speaking, the areas that had the strongest regression coefficients—that is, the places where elevation best predicted the change in real estate prices—are all along the coast and at the highest risk of flooding, as the graphic below shows. — Richard Florida, WIRED, "Climate Change Will Force the Poor From Their Homes," 13 July 2018 The roofline is a couple of tenths taller but its overall aerodynamics are slipperier with a coefficient of drag now at 0.27, which compares to 0.25 for a Prius Prime. — Mark Maynard, sandiegouniontribune.com, "2019 Volkswagen Jetta: 7th generation wide-body reboot," 6 July 2018 Liverpool will also receive a share of an additional £513m based on their coefficient ranking once all the other 31 teams are confirmed for next year’s group stage. — SI.com, "REVEALED: The Staggering Amount Liverpool Could Earn From the Champions League Next Season," 6 June 2018 Those blocks of pixels, in turn, are represented by a sequence of transform coefficients. — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, "Inventor says Google is patenting work he put in the public domain," 10 June 2018 Liverpool are currently ranked 11th in the coefficient making for a £21.4m share. — SI.com, "REVEALED: The Staggering Amount Liverpool Could Earn From the Champions League Next Season," 6 June 2018 Fiscal redistribution reduces the Gini coefficient by more than 7 points in the US and European Union. — Charles Kenny And Justin Sandefur, Vox, "A radical proposal to fight poverty in the developing world: tax the poor more than the rich," 24 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'coefficient.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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coefficient
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English Language Learners Definition of coefficient
mathematics : a number by which another number or symbol is multiplied
physics : a number that is used to measure some property or characteristic of a substance
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coefficient
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Medical Definition of coefficient
: a number that serves as a measure of some property (as of a substance) or characteristic (as of a device or process) and that is commonly used as a factor in computations the coefficient of expansion of a metal — see absorption coefficient
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