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FACTOR OF PROPORTIONALITY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does factor of proportionality mean?
• FACTOR OF PROPORTIONALITY (noun)
The noun FACTOR OF PROPORTIONALITY has 1 sense:
1. the constant value of the ratio of two proportional quantities x and y; usually written y = kx, where k is the factor of proportionality
Familiarity information: FACTOR OF PROPORTIONALITY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• FACTOR OF PROPORTIONALITY (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The constant value of the ratio of two proportional quantities x and y; usually written y = kx, where k is the factor of proportionality
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Synonyms:
constant of proportionality; factor of proportionality
Hypernyms ("factor of proportionality" is a kind of...):
constant (a number representing a quantity assumed to have a fixed value in a specified mathematical context)
factor (any of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when multiplied together)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "factor of proportionality"):
h; Planck's constant (the constant of proportionality relating the energy of a photon to its frequency; approximately 6.626 x 10^-34 joule-second)
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