coefficient

== English == === Alternative forms === coëfficient === Etymology === 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 coefficio, which comes from co- and efficio. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): [ˌkəʊ.ɪˈfɪʃn̩t], [ˌkəʊ.iˈfɪʃn̩t] (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˌkoʊ.ɪˈfɪʃənt/, /ˌkoʊ.əˈfɪʃənt/ Rhymes: -ɪʃənt === Adjective === coefficient (comparative more coefficient, superlative most coefficient) Cooperating. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === coefficient (plural coefficients) (mathematics) A constant by which an algebraic term is multiplied. Hypernyms: constant, factor (mathematics) An entry of a matrix. Synonyms: entry, term A number, value, or item that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic. Hypernym: factor Near-synonym: constant ==== Hyponyms ==== (a number, value or item that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic): ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == French == === Alternative forms === coëfficient === Etymology === From co- +‎ efficient. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔ.e.fi.sjɑ̃/ === Noun === coefficient m (plural coefficients) coefficient ==== Derived terms ==== coefficient d'erreur coefficient de remplissage === Further reading === “coefficient”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012