Coefficient vs Efficient - What's the difference?
coefficient | efficient |
cooperating
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(mathematics) A constant by which an algebraic term is multiplied.
A number, value or item that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic.
Making good, thorough, or careful use of resources; not consuming extra. Especially, making good use of time or energy.
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Using a particular proportion of available energy.
Causing effects; producing results.
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As adjectives the difference between coefficient and efficient
is that coefficient is cooperating while efficient is making good, thorough, or careful use of resources; not consuming extra. Especially, making good use of time or energy.As a noun coefficient
is a constant by which an algebraic term is multiplied.coefficient
English
(wikipedia coefficient)Alternative forms
*Adjective
(en adjective)- And so our own idea of Christ compels us to admit that two factors, the one natural, the other supernatural, were coefficient in his entrance into human life;
- Nevertheless, there was some substance to the notion that acclaim and merit were coefficient .
Noun
(en noun)Hyponyms
* coefficient of frictionDerived terms
* coefficient of friction * correlation coefficient * Gini coefficientefficient
English
Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic
- The efficient cause is the working cause.