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• coëfficient

語源

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.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: [ˌkəʊ.ɪˈfɪʃn̩t], [ˌkəʊ.iˈfɪʃn̩t]
• (米国発音, Canada) IPA: /ˌkoʊ.ɪˈfɪʃənt/, /ˌkoʊ.əˈfɪʃənt/
• 韻: -ɪʃənt

形容詞

coefficient (comparative more coefficient, superlative most coefficient)

1. Cooperating.
   • 1850, August Neander, The Life of Jesus Christ in Its Historical Connexion and Historical ..., page 13:

     And so our own idea of Christ compels us to admit that two factors, the one natural, the other supernatural, were coefficient in his entrance into human life;

   • 2005, Mathew Callahan, Boff Whalley, The Trouble with Music, page 12:

     Nevertheless, there was some substance to the notion that acclaim and merit were coefficient.

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名詞

coefficient (plural coefficients)

1. (mathematics) A constant by which an algebraic term is multiplied.

   Hypernyms: constant, factor

2. (mathematics) An entry of a matrix.

   Synonyms: entry, term

   • 2016, Anthony E. Armenàkas, Advanced Mechanics of Materials and Applied Elasticity, CRC Press, page 681:

     Notice that many of the terms of the matrices [S] (e = 1, 2, 3) vanish. We call the non-vanishing coefficients of the matrix [S] the stiffness coefficients of element e and we denote them by K_rs.

   • 2004, Frédérique Oggier, Emanuele Viterbo, Algebraic Number Theory and Code Design for Rayleigh Fading Channels, Now Publishers Inc, page 17:

     Definition 3.7. A lattice Λ is called an integral lattice if its Gram matrix has coefficients in ℤ.

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

   Hypernym: factor

   Near-synonym: constant

下位語

(a number, value or item that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic):

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