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coefficient

[koh-uh-fish-uhnt] / ˌkoʊ əˈfɪʃ ənt /






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The correlation coefficient between the chart’s two data series is 97%, in fact — only slightly lower than the 100% reading that would mean there is a perfect correlation.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026

They then converted the astronomical measurements into something commonly used in laboratory UV-visible spectroscopy: the absorption coefficient of the liquid making up the cloud droplets.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026

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

The correlation coefficient between the Dow and S&P 500 over the past 40 years, as well as over the past year, is 0.99, according to a MarketWatch analysis of FactSet Data.

From MarketWatch ● May 26, 2026

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

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

Although the antennas needed different propagation coefficients, they still had to release light in the same consistent manner.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026

The notion that England's top flight is the best in Europe is not purely down to Anglocentric bias; Uefa's association club coefficients rank the Premier League as the continent's top division, with Ligue 1 fifth.

From BBC ● May 28, 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

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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