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Coefficient vs Implex - What's the difference?

coefficient | implex |

As adjectives the difference between coefficient and implex

is that coefficient is while implex is intricate, involved, entangled, complicated, complex.

As nouns the difference between coefficient and implex

is that coefficient is while implex is a genealogical coefficient of a given genealogical tree; defined as the difference between the number of theoretical ancestors of a person and the number of his/her real ones in a given generation.

coefficient

English

(wikipedia coefficient)

Alternative forms

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Adjective

(en adjective)
  • cooperating
  • * 1850 , August Neander, The Life of Jesus Christ in Its Historical Connexion and Historical ... , page 13
    • 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;
  • * 2005 , Mathew Callahan, Boff Whalley, The Trouble with Music , page 12
    • Nevertheless, there was some substance to the notion that acclaim and merit were coefficient .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (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.

    • Hyponyms

    * coefficient of friction

    Derived terms

    * coefficient of friction * correlation coefficient * Gini coefficient

    implex

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Intricate, involved, entangled, complicated, complex.
  • * Joseph Addison, essay in The Spectator , 9 February 1711/12:
    • The fable of every poem is, according to Aristotle’s division, either simple or implex'. It is called simple when there is no change of fortune in it; '''implex''', when the fortune of the chief actor changes from bad to good, or from good to bad. The ' implex fable is thought most perfect: I suppose, because it is more proper to stir up the passion of the reader, and to surprise him with a greater variety of accidents.

    Noun

    (es)
  • A genealogical coefficient of a given genealogical tree; defined as the difference between the number of theoretical ancestors of a person and the number of his/her real ones in a given generation.

    • Synonyms

    * pedigree collapse

    References

    * (adjective) ** Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary . Retrieved 25 February 2010, from Dictionary.com website: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Implex ** OED 2nd edition 1989 * (noun) ** Joao Dal Poz Neto & Marcio Ferriera da Silva, "MaqPar: A Homemade Tool for the Study of Kinship Networks" in Hvibrant , v.6, n.2, p.73, footnote 3; Retrieved 25 February 2010, from Google Docs website, original source file: [http://www.vibrant.org.br/downloads/v6n2_dalpozsilva.pdf]