coefficient
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The kind of mind that memorized batting averages and won-lost percentages in the fifth grade naturally gravitated toward absorbing clinical data, p values and coefficients of variation.
From Washington Post
This ratio is called the coefficient of performance, or COP - the higher it is, the better.
From BBC
For a given speed, the higher the drag coefficient is, the more drag an object feels.
From Scientific American
He makes music of the moment and of the nano-second, and the shock coefficient is often high.
From Los Angeles Times
If we use the standard earth sea-level air density of ρ = 1.2kg/m3, this gives a lift coefficient of 36.
From Scientific American
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