coefficients

noun

plural of coefficient
as in amounts

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  1. amounts
  2. quantities
  3. degrees
Noun
  • Two Sacramento-area congressional candidates have poured record amounts of personal money to fund their campaigns.
    — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 20 Oct. 2026
  • In recent skin-absorption studies, the FDA found that 1,4-dioxane can penetrate the skin in trace amounts, especially when applied as a lotion.
    — Tracy Middleton, Allure, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of amounts
Noun
  • The facts, however, are altogether against any such conclusion, for quite recently no less than 50 artificial butter factories were counted in this city, and large quantities of artificial butter are sold to the customer as genuine butter.
    — Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Estimators spend scarce hours manually measuring quantities that software could calculate while higher-value judgment calls wait behind them.
    — Shiva Dhawan, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of quantities
Noun
  • The high temperature for Sunday is forecast near 65 degrees and the overnight low will be around 42.
    — Hali Smith October 23, Idaho Statesman, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The water near Kuwait City, for example, goes from highs of around 36 degrees Celsius (97 Fahrenheit) in the height of summer to lows of around 16 degrees Celsius (60 Fahrenheit).
    — Paula Hancocks, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2026
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