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Thus, the team concluded that a metal bat should take into account those two parameters (coefficient of restitution and inertia) to affect exit speed.
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Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 3 Sep. 2024
Acoustic engineers now assign an absorption coefficient to surfaces, a number indicating how easily an object is penetrated by sound waves.
—Lynn Whidden, Scientific American, 26 July 2024
In the briefing, the colonel lets Macon monologue about drag and fuel coefficients and whatnot before acknowledging that even with drop tanks, the fighters probably won’t have enough fuel to return to Italy.
—Chris Klimek, Vulture, 8 Mar. 2024
It is commonly measured by the Gini coefficient, which runs from zero, a hypothetical case of full equality in which every person earned the same amount, to 100, another hypothetical case in which a single individual made all the income.
—Branko Milanovic, Foreign Affairs, 14 June 2023
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Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 3 Sep. 2024
Acoustic engineers now assign an absorption coefficient to surfaces, a number indicating how easily an object is penetrated by sound waves.
—Lynn Whidden, Scientific American, 26 July 2024
In the briefing, the colonel lets Macon monologue about drag and fuel coefficients and whatnot before acknowledging that even with drop tanks, the fighters probably won’t have enough fuel to return to Italy.
—Chris Klimek, Vulture, 8 Mar. 2024
It is commonly measured by the Gini coefficient, which runs from zero, a hypothetical case of full equality in which every person earned the same amount, to 100, another hypothetical case in which a single individual made all the income.
—Branko Milanovic, Foreign Affairs, 14 June 2023
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“Coefficient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coefficient. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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