Coefficient vs Significand - What's the difference?
coefficient | significand | Synonyms |
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.
Significand is a synonym of coefficient.
As nouns the difference between coefficient and significand
is that coefficient is a constant by which an algebraic term is multiplied while significand is that part of a floating-point number that contains its significant digits.As an adjective coefficient
is cooperating.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 .