noun

• A coefficient expressing the relation between a change in a physical property and the change in temperature that causes it.

  ‘In turn, the temperature coefficient of an amide proton chemical shift is expected to depend upon hydrogen bonding to solvent.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘The compensator has a positive temperature coefficient of frequency, while the stack has a negative temperature coefficient of frequency.’
  • ‘For each sensor, the sensitivity, the temperature coefficient of sensitivity, the zero current, the 12-hour stability, and the reaction time are determined individually during production.’
  • ‘This solution was very close to the athermal ratio with a theoretical temperature coefficient below our ability to measure it.’
  • ‘The response at longer wavelengths was also different in that it displayed a threshold, temperature coefficient of 2 and caused retarded growth and other sublethal effects.’