coefficient
Definitions of coefficient
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a constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristictypes:coefficient d'absorptiona measure of the rate of decrease in the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (as light) as it passes through a given substance; the fraction of incident radiant energy absorbed per unit mass or thickness of an absorbercoefficient de traînéethe ratio of the drag on a body moving through air to the product of the velocity and the surface area of the bodycoefficient de frictionthe ratio of the weight of an object being moved along a surface and the force that maintains contact between the object and the surfaceinductance mutuellea measure of the induction between two circuits; the ratio of the electromotive force in a circuit to the corresponding change of current in a neighboring circuit; usually measured in henriesself-inductancethe ratio of the electromotive force produced in a circuit by self-induction to the rate of change of current producing it, expressed in henriesmodulo(physics) a coefficient that expresses how much of a specified property is possessed by a specified substancecoefficient d'expansionthe fractional change in length or area or volume per unit change in temperature at a given constant pressurecoefficient de réflexion, réflectivitéthe fraction of radiant energy that is reflected from a surfacetransmissionthe fraction of radiant energy that passes through a substancecoefficient de viscositéa measure of the resistance to flow of a fluid under an applied forcecoefficient d'élasticité(physics) the ratio of the applied stress to the change in shape of an elastic bodytype of:constantea number representing a quantity assumed to have a fixed value in a specified mathematical context
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