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Meaning of Coefficient | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
[ˌkəʊ.ɪˈfɪʃn̩t]

Definitions

  1. Dated spelling of coefficient.
  2. A constant by which an algebraic term is multiplied.
  3. An entry of a matrix.
  4. A number, value, or item that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic.

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Examples

“Notice that many of the terms of the matrices [Sᵉ] (e = 1, 2, 3) vanish. We call the non-vanishing coefficients of the matrix [Sᵉ] the stiffness coefficients of element e and we denote them by Kᵣₛᵉ.”
“Definition 3.7. A lattice Λ is called an integral lattice if its Gram matrix has coefficients in ℤ.”
“Near-synonym: constant”

CEFR level

C2
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