coefficient

• coëfficient

From French coefficient. Coined by French mathematician François Viète. Or influenced by (New) Latin coefficient-, which is the stem of coefficiens, which is a substantivation of the present active participle of coefficere, which comes from co- and efficere.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌkəʊ.ɪˈfɪʃn̩t/, /ˌkəʊ.iˈfɪʃn̩t/

coefficient (comparative more coefficient, superlative most coefficient)

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

     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;

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

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

coefficient (plural coefficients)

1. (mathematics) A constant by which an algebraic term is multiplied.
2. A number, value or item that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic.

• (a number, value or item that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic): coefficient of friction

• coefficient of friction
• correlation coefficient
• Gini coefficient

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.e.fi.sjɑ̃/

coefficient m (plural coefficients)

1. coefficient

• coefficient d'erreur
• coefficient de remplissage

• “coefficient” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).