coefficient Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a constant number that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic

WordNet

Co`ef*fi"cient adjective
Definitions
  1. Coöperating; acting together to produce an effect. Co`ef*fi"cient*ly, adv.
Co`ef*fi"cient noun
Definitions
  1. That which unites in action with something else to produce the same effect.
  2. Cf. F. coefficient. (Math.) A number or letter put before a letter or quantity, known or unknown, to show how many times the latter is to be taken; as, 6x; bx; here 6 and b are coefficients of x.
  3. (Physics) A number, commonly used in computation as a factor, expressing the amount of some change or effect under certain fixed conditions as to temperature, length, volume, etc.; as, the coefficient of expansion; the coefficient of friction.

Webster 1913