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[koh-uh-fish-uhnt] / ˌkoʊ əˈfɪʃ ənt /






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But you don’t have to compute the coefficient to know that matte tiles are better than shiny ones, and small tiles are better than the big ones because the grout lines provide friction.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

Because the antennas have different geometries, each one also has a different propagation coefficient, which describes how light moves through the structure.

From Science Daily Jul. 22, 2026

Finally, Uefa coefficient - which the Premier League sits top of.

From BBC Apr. 27, 2026

Over the past three years, the correlation coefficient between the XLF and the S&P 500 is 0.97, in which a correlation of 1.00 means they move exactly in unison.

From MarketWatch Mar. 14, 2026

The first equation I needed to do was the one that defined the thrust coefficient.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

"Because the antennas have very different propagation coefficients, when we put them close together, essentially each antenna doesn't 'see' the antenna next to it. Therefore, it won't couple with its neighbor," Garcia Coleto says.

From Science Daily Jul. 22, 2026

The correlation coefficients of gold to the EPU and the GPR are positive, while bitcoin’s correlations to these two risk indexes are both inverse.

From MarketWatch Jan. 23, 2026

Inbreeding coefficients are commonly used by biologists to assess the health of an entire population of creatures.

From Slate Oct. 9, 2023

In 1997, Lennart Johansson was Uefa president and Aigner its general secretary when runners-up from the eight highest-ranked leagues, according to Uefa coefficients, were allowed into the Champions League for the first time.

From BBC Nov. 1, 2022

Ifx represents the vector of variables, b and c are vectors of known coefficients, and A is a matrix of coefficients, determine the maximum value of the objective function cTx .

From "Ungifted" by Gordon Korman




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