01 a. Cooperating; acting together to produce an effect.
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Cooperating; acting together to produce an effect.
Entry
4 senses · 2 variants
Webster, 1913
Coefficient
02 n. That which unites in action with something else to produce the same effect.
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That which unites in action with something else to produce the same effect.
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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.(Math.)
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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.(Physics)
Phrases & compounds
Arbitrary coefficient —
a literal coefficient placed arbitrarily in an algebraic expression, the value of the coefficient being afterwards determined by the conditions of the problem.