Definition:Constant of Proportion/Also known as
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Constant of Proportion: Also known as
The constant of proportion is also known nowadays by the less elegant and more cumbersome constant of proportionality.
Some sources use proportionality constant.
Sources
- 1966: Isaac Asimov: Understanding Physics ... (previous) ... (next): $\text {I}$: Motion, Sound and Heat: Chapter $2$: Falling Bodies: Free Fall
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): constant of proportionality
- 2014: Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): proportion