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Definition 1
Mathematics: Number or other known factor (usually a constant) by which another number or factor (usually a variable) is multiplied. For example, in the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0, 'a' is the coefficient of x2, and 'b' is the coefficient of x.
Definition 2
Physics and statistics: Measure of a specified characteristic or property of a particular body, material, phenomenon, process, etc., under specified conditions.
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coefficient is in the Statistics, Mathematics, & Analysis subject.
coefficient appears in the definitions of the following terms: serial correlation, coefficient of determination (r2), correlation coefficient, risk, adaptive exponential smoothing, r-square and goodness of fit
coefficient appears in these other terms: coefficient of performance (COP), coefficient of utilization (CU), coefficient of expansion, Gini coefficient, coefficient of correlation (r), coefficient of variation, reliability coefficient, coefficient of reliability, coefficient of concordance
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