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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

coacting, coactive, coadjutant, coadjuvant, collaborative, collective, collectivist, collectivistic, collusive, combined, commensal, common, communal, communalist, communalistic, communist, communistic, communitarian, concerted, concordant, concurrent, concurring, conjoint, conniving, cooperant, cooperating, cooperative, ecumenic, fellow, harmonious, harmonized, joint, mutual, noncompetitive, reciprocal, symbiotic, synergetic, synergic, synergistic, uncompetitive

Dictionary Results for coefficient:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

coefficient
    n 1: a constant number that serves as a measure of some property
         or characteristic

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Coefficient \Co`ef*fi"cient\, a.
   Cooperating; acting together to produce an effect.
   Co`ef*fi"cient*ly, adv.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Coefficient \Co`ef*fi"cient\, n.
   1. That which unites in action with something else to produce
      the same effect.
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   2. [Cf. F. coefficient.] (Math.) A number or letter put
      before a letter or quantity, known or unknown, to show how
      many times the latter is to be taken; as, 6x; bx; here 6
      and b are coefficients of x.
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   3. (Physics) A number, commonly used in computation as a
      factor, expressing the amount of some change or effect
      under certain fixed conditions as to temperature, length,
      volume, etc.; as, the coefficient of expansion; the
      coefficient of friction.
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   Arbitrary coefficient (Math.), a literal coefficient placed
      arbitrarily in an algebraic expression, the value of the
      coefficient being afterwards determined by the conditions
      of the problem.
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