coefficients

noun

plural of coefficient
as in amounts

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  1. amounts
  2. quantities
  3. degrees
Noun
  • Although umbrella insurance is far from perfect ― for instance, intentional acts are generally excluded ― umbrella insurance can provide much larger coverage amounts for things already covered by other policies with lower limits.
    — Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • City officials say personal storage facilities can require large amounts of land that could otherwise be used for housing, retail or other developments.
    — James Taylor, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of amounts
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  • Chicks, in particular, eat large quantities of high-protein insect larvae, beetles, flies, snails, spiders and ants.
    — Tom Huggler, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2026
  • At one time, scientists didn’t think that significant quantities of free oxygen, or O2, would be found anywhere else on the planet, in part because O2 reacts aggressively with other elements.
    — James Dinneen, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of quantities
Noun
  • Temperatures in Spokane, for example, are forecast to reach 92 degrees Saturday and are expected to reach 90 degrees on Sunday, before returning back to the 80s next week.
    — Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Geothermal energy can heat and cool buildings by tapping the steady, year-round temperatures of about 55 degrees that exist a few hundred feet beneath the earth’s surface.
    — John Lippert, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of degrees
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