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Phrases 60
- aspect ratiosplural of aspect ratio: The ratio of an object's longest dimension to its next-longest dimension.
- gear ratiosplural of gear ratio: The ratio of the speeds of rotation of two gears, such as any pair that mesh and, especially, the initial and final gears in a gear train (whose relationship incorporates all the intermediate ones).
- hazard ratiosplural of hazard ratio: A measure of the chance of an event in one group compared to that of another at a particular time or over a subset of a study's time; the ratio between two groups' hazard rates.
- sex ratiosplural of sex ratio: The ratio of males to females in any given population.
- shooting ratiosplural of shooting ratio: The ratio between the total duration of footage created for possible use in a project and the duration used in the final cut.
- dependency ratiosplural of dependency ratio: The number of people under the age of 15 and over the age of 64 compared to the number of people active in the labor force.
- branching ratiosplural of branching ratio: In radioactivity, the portion of all decays that take a given pathway. For example, californium-252 decays by alpha decay ~97% of the time, and by spontaneous fission ~3% of the time; so the branching ratio is …
- Sharpe ratiosplural of Sharpe ratio: A ratio that measures the excess return (or risk premium) per unit of deviation in an investment asset or a trading strategy, used to examine the performance of an investment by adjusting for its risk.
- common ratiosplural of common ratio: The ratio of each term of a geometric progression to the term preceding it.
- compression ratiosplural of compression ratio: The ratio of the volume between the cylinder head of an internal combustion engine and the piston before and after the compression stroke.
- contrast ratiosplural of contrast ratio: ratio of the luminance of white to that of black of a display. A higher value means a higher contrast of white and black.
- cross-ratiosplural of cross-ratio: A special number associated with an ordered quadruple of collinear points, particularly points on a projective line, and preserved by the fractional linear transformations.
- current ratiosplural of current ratio: Current assets divided by current liabilities; a measure of a company's ability to cover its current or short-term financial obligations.
- deviation ratiosplural of deviation ratio: The ratio of maximum permitted frequency deviation, σₘₐₓ to the maximum permitted modulating frequency, fiₘₐₓ.
- extreme ratiosplural of extreme ratio: The irrational number (approximately 1.618), usually denoted by the Greek letter φ (phi), which is equal to the sum of its own reciprocal and 1, or, equivalently, is the square root of the sum of itself and 1.
- golden ratiosplural of golden ratio: The irrational number (approximately 1.618), usually denoted by the Greek letter φ (phi), which is equal to the sum of its own reciprocal and 1, or, equivalently, is the square root of the sum of itself and 1.
- loop ratiosplural of loop ratio: A loop transfer function
- loss ratiosplural of loss ratio: The ratio of total losses incurred (paid and reserved) in claims plus adjustment expenses divided by the total premiums earned.
- mean ratiosplural of mean ratio: The irrational number (approximately 1.618), usually denoted by the Greek letter φ (phi), which is equal to the sum of its own reciprocal and 1, or, equivalently, is the square root of the sum of itself and 1.
- PE ratiosplural of PE ratio: The ratio of share price to earnings per share used as an indication of the relative value of the share.
- PF ratiosplural of P/F ratio
- plastic ratiosplural of plastic ratio: A geometrical proportion given by the unique real solution of the equation x³ = x + 1. Its decimal expansion begins 1.324717957244746...
- quick ratiosplural of quick ratio: Liquid assets divided by current liabilities; a measure of a company's ability to meet its short-term financial obligations.
- SF ratiosplural of SF ratio
- silver ratiosplural of silver ratio: The irrational number (approximately 2.414), which is equal to the sum of its own reciprocal and two. It equals one plus the square root of two (1 + √).
Compound words 3
- crossratiosplural of crossratio: A special number associated with an ordered quadruple of collinear points, particularly points on a projective line, and preserved by the fractional linear transformations.
- eigenratiosplural of eigenratio: A ratio of eigenvalues
- subratiosplural of subratio: (mathematics)