coefficient
noun
a number or quantity placed (generally) before and multiplying another quantity, as 3 in the expression 3x.
coefficients
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pluralof coefficient.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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"Because the antennas have very different propagation coefficients, when we put them close together, essentially each antenna doesn't 'see' the antenna next to it. Therefore, it won't couple with its neighbor," Garcia Coleto says.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
The notion that England's top flight is the best in Europe is not purely down to Anglocentric bias; Uefa's association club coefficients rank the Premier League as the continent's top division, with Ligue 1 fifth.
From BBC ● May 28, 2026
The correlation coefficients of gold to the EPU and the GPR are positive, while bitcoin’s correlations to these two risk indexes are both inverse.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 23, 2026
Inbreeding coefficients are commonly used by biologists to assess the health of an entire population of creatures.
From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2023
Ifx represents the vector of variables, b and c are vectors of known coefficients, and A is a matrix of coefficients, determine the maximum value of the objective function cTx .
From "Ungifted" by Gordon Korman
