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nouna constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristictype of:
Definition that contains coefficient
- weight (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance
- eureka an alloy of copper and nickel with high electrical resistance and a low temperature coefficient; used as resistance wire
- weighting (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance
- pyrex a borosilicate glass with a low coefficient of expansion; used for heat-resistant glassware in cooking and chemistry
- constantan an alloy of copper and nickel with high electrical resistance and a low temperature coefficient; used as resistance wire
- tetrachoric correlation a correlation coefficient computed for two normally distributed variables that are both expressed as a dichotomy
- rank-order correlation the most commonly used method of computing a correlation coefficient between the ranks of scores on two variables
- modulus of rigidity the coefficient of elasticity for a shearing force
- coefficient of concordance a coefficient of agreement (concordance) between different sets of rank orderings of the same set of things
- modulus (physics) a coefficient that expresses how much of a specified property is possessed by a specified substance