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coefficiency

coefficiency noun: joint efficiency; cooperation.

Noun

coefficiency (countable and uncountable, plural coefficiencies)

  1. (archaic) joint efficiency; cooperation
    • Now the managing and carrying on of this work by the Spirits instrumental coefficiency requires , that they be kept together without distradion or dissipation1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica: Or, Confest Ignorance, the Way to Science; […], London: […] E. C[otes] for Henry Eversden […], →OCLC

Forms of coefficiency

pluralcoefficiencies

Origin of coefficiency

From co- + efficiency.

Questions about coefficiency

What does coefficiency mean?
Coefficiency means joint efficiency; cooperation.
What part of speech is coefficiency?
Coefficiency is a noun.
What is the plural of coefficiency?
The plural of coefficiency is coefficiencies.

Words near coefficiency in the dictionary

  1. coeffect
  2. coeffective
  3. coeffects
  4. coefficacy
  5. coefficiencies
  6. coefficiency
  7. coefficient
  8. coefficient matrix
  9. coefficient of alienation
  10. coefficient of determination
  11. coefficient of friction

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