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coefficient

adj · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: [ˌkəʊ.ɪˈfɪʃn̩t]
  • UK: [ˌkəʊ.iˈfɪʃn̩t]
  • Canada, US: /ˌkoʊ.ɪˈfɪʃənt/
  • Canada, US: /ˌkoʊ.əˈfɪʃənt/
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  • rhymes with -ɪʃənt
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Cooperating.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A constant by which an algebraic term is multiplied.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: mathematics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: constant, factor

3

noun

Meaning 3

An entry of a matrix.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: mathematics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: entry, term

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A number, value, or item that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonym: constant

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: constant

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: factor

5

noun

Meaning 5

a constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: constant

Narrower terms: absorption coefficient, coefficient of absorption, absorptance, drag coefficient, coefficient of drag, coefficient of friction, coefficient of mutual induction, mutual inductance, coefficient of self induction, self-inductance, modulus, coefficient of expansion, expansivity, coefficient of reflection, reflection factor, reflectance, reflectivity, transmittance, transmission, coefficient of viscosity, absolute viscosity, dynamic viscosity, weight, weighting

History

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.

Across languages

Translations

81 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: съдействащ (sǎdejstvašt) — cooperating
  • Catalan: coeficient — cooperating
  • Dutch: behulpzaam — cooperating
  • Finnish: myötävaikuttava — cooperating
  • Hindi: गुणांक (guṇāṅk) — cooperating
  • Norwegian Bokmål: samvirkende — cooperating
  • Polish: współpracujący — cooperating
  • Portuguese: coeficiente — cooperating
  • Russian: содействующий (sodejstvujuščij) — cooperating
  • Spanish: coeficiente — cooperating
  • Arabic: مُعَامِل (muʕāmil) — algebraic constant
  • Armenian: գործակից (gorcakicʻ) — algebraic constant
  • Asturian: coeficiente — algebraic constant
  • Azerbaijani: əmsal — algebraic constant
  • Belarusian: каэфіцые́нт (kaeficyjént) — algebraic constant
  • Bulgarian: фа́ктор (fáktor) — algebraic constant
  • Bulgarian: коефицие́нт (koeficiént) — algebraic constant
  • Catalan: coeficient — algebraic constant
  • Chinese Cantonese: 係數 /系数 (hai6 sou3) — algebraic constant
  • Chinese Mandarin: 係數 /系数 (xìshù) — algebraic constant
  • Czech: koeficient — algebraic constant
  • Czech: součinitel — algebraic constant
  • Danish: koefficient — algebraic constant
  • Dutch: coëfficiënt — algebraic constant
  • Esperanto: koeficiento — algebraic constant
  • Estonian: koefitsent — algebraic constant
  • Finnish: kerroin — algebraic constant
  • French: coefficient — algebraic constant
  • French: facteur — algebraic constant
  • Galician: coeficiente — algebraic constant
  • German: Koeffizient — algebraic constant
  • Greek: συντελεστής (syntelestís) — algebraic constant
  • Hebrew: מקדם (mekadém) — algebraic constant
  • Hindi: गुणांक (guṇāṅk) — algebraic constant
  • Hungarian: együttható — algebraic constant
  • Hungarian: szorzó — algebraic constant
  • Hungarian: szorzótényező — algebraic constant
  • Icelandic: stuðull — algebraic constant
  • Irish: comhéifeacht — algebraic constant
  • Italian: coefficiente — algebraic constant
  • Japanese: 係数 (keisū) — algebraic constant
  • Kazakh: коэффициент (koéffisient) — algebraic constant
  • Khmer: មេគុណ (mei kun) — algebraic constant
  • Korean: 계수 (gyesu) — algebraic constant
  • Central Kurdish: ھاوکۆڵکە (hawkollke) — algebraic constant
  • Central Kurdish: فاکتەری ھاوبەش (fakterî hawbeş) — algebraic constant
  • Latin: coefficiēns — algebraic constant
  • Latvian: koeficients — algebraic constant
  • Māori: tauwhakarea — algebraic constant
  • Norwegian Bokmål: koeffisient — algebraic constant
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: koeffisient — algebraic constant
  • Polish: współczynnik — algebraic constant
  • Portuguese: coeficiente — algebraic constant
  • Romanian: coeficient — algebraic constant
  • Russian: коэффицие́нт (koefficijént) — algebraic constant
  • Russian: фа́ктор (fáktor) — algebraic constant
  • Spanish: coeficiente — algebraic constant
  • Swedish: koefficient — algebraic constant
  • Tagalog: katuwang — algebraic constant
  • Thai: สัมประสิทธิ์ (sǎm-bprà-sìt) — algebraic constant
  • Turkish: katsayı — algebraic constant
  • Ukrainian: коефіціє́нт (koeficijént) — algebraic constant
  • Vietnamese: hệ số — algebraic constant
  • Bulgarian: коефицие́нт (koeficiént) — measure of some property or characteristic
  • Chinese Mandarin: 係數 /系数 (xìshù) — measure of some property or characteristic
  • Danish: koefficient — measure of some property or characteristic
  • Dutch: coëfficiënt — measure of some property or characteristic
  • Finnish: kerroin — measure of some property or characteristic
  • French: coefficient — measure of some property or characteristic
  • German: Koeffizient — measure of some property or characteristic
  • Hindi: गुणांक (guṇāṅk) — measure of some property or characteristic
  • Hungarian: együttható — measure of some property or characteristic
  • Italian: coefficiente — measure of some property or characteristic
  • Japanese: 係数 (keisū) — measure of some property or characteristic
  • Norwegian Bokmål: koeffisient — measure of some property or characteristic
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: koeffisient — measure of some property or characteristic
  • Polish: współczynnik — measure of some property or characteristic
  • Portuguese: coeficiente — measure of some property or characteristic
  • Russian: коэффицие́нт (koefficijént) — measure of some property or characteristic
  • Swedish: koefficient — measure of some property or characteristic
  • Tagalog: katuwang — measure of some property or characteristic
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