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Coefficient n.

That which unites in action with something else to produce the same effect.

(Math.) A number or letter put before a letter or quantity, known or unknown, to show how many times the latter is to be taken; as, 6x; bx; here 6 and b are coefficients of x.

(Physics) A number, commonly used in computation as a factor, expressing the amount of some change or effect under certain fixed conditions as to temperature, length, volume, etc.; as, the coefficient of expansion; the coefficient of friction.

Arbitrary coefficient (Math.), a literal coefficient placed arbitrarily in an algebraic expression, the value of the coefficient being afterwards determined by the conditions of the problem.

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... things in War for which no tariff can be fixed, bodily effort may be specially reckoned. Provided there is no waste, it is a coefficient of all the forces, and no one can tell exactly to what extent it may be carried. But what is remarkable is, that just as only a strong arm enables the archer to stretch the bowstring to the utmost extent, so ...

— On War • Carl von Clausewitz

... corresponding mean spectral type to be A0, but to A0 corresponds, upon an average, the colour yellow-white. The yellow stars belong in the mean to the K-type, but the K-stars have upon an average a shade of white in the yellow colour. The coefficient of correlation (r) is not easy to compute in this case, because one of the attributes, the colour, is not strictly graduated (i.e. it is not expressed in numbers defining the colour).[5] Using the coefficient of contingency ...

— Lectures on Stellar Statistics • Carl Vilhelm Ludvig Charlier

... briskly with an excess of air, and also that they always take into solution a little less air than saturated pure water contains under the same conditions of temperature and pressure. At a temperature of 25 degrees C. (77 degrees F.), therefore, if we adopt the coefficient of the solubility of oxygen in water given in Bunsen's tables, we find that 1 litre (1 3/4 pints) of water saturated with air contains 5.5 cc. (0.3 cubic inch) of oxygen. The three litres of yeast- water in the flask, supposing it to have ...

— The Harvard Classics Volume 38 - Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) • Various

... which W weight of substance taken; t temperature of vapour bath; [alpha] 0.00366 temperature coefficient of gases; p barometric pressure; p1 height of mercury column in vessel; s vapour tension of mercury at t; m weight of mercury contained in the vessel; m1 weight of mercury left in vessel after heating; [beta] coefficient of expansion of glass .0000303; ...

— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 - "Demijohn" to "Destructor" • Various

Words linked to "Coefficient" : coefficient of concordance, Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient, self-inductance, modulus, coefficient of absorption, tau coefficient of correlation, coefficient of reflection, coefficient of mutual induction, coefficient of viscosity, phi coefficient, rank-order correlation coefficient, reflection factor, differential coefficient, drag coefficient, coefficient of elasticity, rank-difference correlation coefficient, absolute viscosity, expansivity, mutual inductance, regression coefficient, weight, coefficient of correlation, coefficient of drag, dynamic viscosity, reflectivity, coefficient of self induction, absorptance, constant