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The second number is represented by a figure called the coefficient of performance (COP).
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Chris Baraniuk, Wired News, 13 Nov. 2025
The vehicles may have a lower-than-specified rear brake lining coefficient of friction and could be equipped with a brake vacuum booster without a vacuum sensor, according to the recall report.
—James Powel, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
According to the International Energy Agency, the coefficient of performance (the ratio of electricity in to heat energy out) is about four, making current models 3 to 5 times more energy efficient than gas boilers.
—Sara Kiley Watson, Popular Science, 2 Oct. 2025
For the purpose of the draw, the 18 teams are separated into three pots of six based on their UEFA club coefficient rankings.
—Neel Shelat, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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Chris Baraniuk, Wired News, 13 Nov. 2025
The vehicles may have a lower-than-specified rear brake lining coefficient of friction and could be equipped with a brake vacuum booster without a vacuum sensor, according to the recall report.
—James Powel, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
According to the International Energy Agency, the coefficient of performance (the ratio of electricity in to heat energy out) is about four, making current models 3 to 5 times more energy efficient than gas boilers.
—Sara Kiley Watson, Popular Science, 2 Oct. 2025
For the purpose of the draw, the 18 teams are separated into three pots of six based on their UEFA club coefficient rankings.
—Neel Shelat, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coefficient
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When those galaxies form stars from their normal matter, the low amount of total mass means that most of the gas within those galaxies should get expelled, leaving only a small population of stars embedded within a relatively large amount of dark matter.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
3 Mar. 2026
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Women’s risk of heart attacks began to increase at 20% plaque burden, the amount of plaque in the arterial walls, while men’s rose at 28%.—
Helen Carefoot,
Flow Space,
2 Mar. 2026
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Daniel has a history degree and a masters in business.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
6 Mar. 2026
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The high temperature on March 1 was the earliest 93-degree day on record, beating the record set in 1972 by four days.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
5 Mar. 2026
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Signs of strain on interceptor supplies The scale of the missile exchange is already consuming significant quantities of defensive munitions.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Mar. 2026
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The Gulf has sunk billions of dollars into building AI infrastructure — touting access to swaths of land and huge quantities of cheap, clean energy — in hopes of becoming a global hub for AI.—
Rachyl Jones,
semafor.com,
3 Mar. 2026
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“Coefficient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coefficient. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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