factor of proportionality

Related to factor of proportionality: Factor of production

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

factor of proportionality - the constant value of the ratio of two proportional quantities x and y; usually written y = kx, where k is the factor of proportionality

constant of proportionality

constant - a number representing a quantity assumed to have a fixed value in a specified mathematical context; "the velocity of light is a constant"

Planck's constant, h - the constant of proportionality relating the energy of a photon to its frequency; approximately 6.626 x 10^-34 joule-second

factor - any of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when multiplied together

Mentioned in ?

References in periodicals archive ?

Factor of proportionality between measured voltage and registered in the solution current was preliminarily determined by means of the measurement system calibration.

Physical modeling of slag pool hydrodynamics in slab current-leading mould. Part 2. Cladding

3 since the factor of proportionality would cancel numerator and denominator in Eq.

Was Jules Dupuit a market socialist: a retrospective note on marginal cost pricing

For any pair of fundamental particles of unit charge [+ or -] esu there seems to exist a dimensionless factor of proportionality [[rho].sub.1,2], which, if made a coefficient of G, will balance the electrostatic Coulomb force and the Newtonian force of gravity at any distance between the charged particles.