Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun factor_of_proportionality

1 sense of factor of proportionality

Sense 1
factor of proportionality, constant 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)
       => factor -- (any of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when multiplied together)
       => constant -- (a number representing a quantity assumed to have a fixed value in a specified mathematical context; "the velocity of light is a constant")