| 释义 |
co·efficient
I. \|kō+\ adjective
Etymology: co- + efficient
: acting together to produce an effect
• co·efficiently \“+\ adverb
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: New Latin coefficient-, coefficiens, from Latin co- + efficient-, efficiens — more at efficient
1. : something that unites in action to produce an effect : a joint agent
2. : any of the factors (as constants) of a product considered in relation to another factor (as a variable)
< in 6x, bx, x(a + b), 3xyz the coefficients of x are respectively 6, b, (a + b), 3yz >
3.
a. : a number that serves as a measure of some property (as of a substance or body) or characteristic (as of a device or process) and that is commonly used as a factor in computations
< the coefficient of expansion of a metal >
< the absorption coefficient of a medium for light >
< the coupling coefficient of a transformer >
b. : measure, degree
< a coefficient of culture that greatly surpassed the cultural mean — V.V.Nabokov >
< coefficients of feeling — C.I.Glicksberg > |