different between coefficient vs significand

English

Alternative forms

• coëfficient

Etymology

From French coefficient. Coined by French mathematician François Viète. Or influenced by (New) Latin coefficient-, which is the stem of coefficiens, which is a substantivation of the present active participle of coefficio, which comes from co- and efficio.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k??.??f??n?t/, /?k??.i?f??n?t/
• Rhymes: -???nt

Adjective

coefficient (comparative more coefficient, superlative most coefficient)

1. 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.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

coefficient (plural coefficients)

1. (mathematics) A constant by which an algebraic term is multiplied.
2. A number, value or item that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic.

Hyponyms

• (a number, value or item that serves as a measure of some property or characteristic): coefficient of friction

Derived terms

Translations

French

Alternative forms

• coëfficient

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?.e.fi.sj??/

Noun

coefficient m (plural coefficients)

1. coefficient

Derived terms

• coefficient d'erreur
• coefficient de remplissage

Further reading

• “coefficient” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Noun

significand (plural significands)

1. The part of a floating-point number that contains its significant digits.

   Synonyms: mantissa, coefficient, argument, fraction

   Coordinate term: exponent

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Further reading

• significand on Wikipedia.Wikipedia