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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
Collins English-English Dictionary
- coefficient [,kəυɪ'fɪʃənt]
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n
[maths]
a numerical or constant factor in an algebraic term
- the coefficient of the term 3xyz is 3
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2.
n
the product of all the factors of a term excluding one or more specified variables
- the coefficient of x in 3axyz is 3ayz
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3.
n
[physics]
a value that relates one physical quantity to another
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n
[Etymology]
C17: from New Latin coeffici
e ns, from Latin co- together + efficere toeffect
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1.
n
[maths]
a numerical or constant factor in an algebraic term
Examples
- 6 is a coefficient in 6ab, x is a coefficient in x(y+z).
- 6 是 6ab 中的系数，x 是 x(y+z) 中的系数。 → coefficient
- the coefficient of expansion
- 膨胀系数 → coefficient
- the coefficient of the term 3xyz is 3 → coefficient
- the coefficient of x in 3axyz is 3ayz → coefficient
- the contingency coefficient → contingency
- in 5x2 + 2x + 3, 5 is the leading coefficient → leading
- 活度系数
- activity coefficient → 活度
- 耦合系数
- coupling coefficient → 耦合
- 光学系数
- optical coefficient → 系数
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