Definition of "coefficient"

And so our own idea of Christ compels us to admit that two factors, the one natural, the other supernatural, were coefficient in his entrance into human life;

1850, August Neander, The Life of Jesus Christ in Its Historical Connexion and Historical ..., page 13

Nevertheless, there was some substance to the notion that acclaim and merit were coefficient.

2005, Mathew Callahan, Boff Whalley, The Trouble with Music, page 12