#magnitude_relation__magnituderelation__quantitative_relation  a relation between magnitudes
  supertype:  attribute_or_quality_or_measure (pm)  relation
  subtype:  scale  relative magnitude; "they entertained on a grand scale"
  subtype:  ratio  the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient)
     subtype:  margin_of_profit__profit_margin__gross_margin__grossmargin  the ratio gross profits divided by net sales
     subtype:  abundance  (chemistry) the ratio of the total mass of an element in the earth's crust to the total mass of the earth's crust; expressed as a percentage or in parts per million
     subtype:  abundance.ratio  (physics) the ratio of the number of atoms of a specific isotope of an element to the total number of isotopes present
     subtype:  albedo__reflective_power  the ratio of reflected to incident light
     subtype:  aspect_ratio  the ratio of the width to the height of a tv picture
     subtype:  cephalic_index__breadth_index__breadthindex__cranial_index__cranialindex  ratio (in percent) of the maximum breadth to the maximum length of a skull
     subtype:  efficiency  the ratio of the output to the input of any system
     subtype:  facial_index  the ratio (in percent) of the maximum width the the maximum height of the face
     subtype:  focal_ratio__focalratio__f_number__fnumber__stop_number__speed  the ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a (camera) lens system
     subtype:  relative_frequency__frequency  the ratio of the number of observations in a statistical category to the total number of observations
        subtype:  relative_incidence__incidence  the relative frequency of occurrence of something
           subtype:  morbidity  the relative incidence of a particular disease
     subtype:  packed_cell_volume__hematocrit__haematocrit  the ratio of the volume occupied by packed red blood cells to the volume of the whole blood as measured by a hematocrit
     subtype:  intelligence_quotient__IQ__I.Q.  a measure of a person's intelligence as indicated by an intelligence test; the ratio of a person's mental age to their chronological age (multiplied by 100)
        subtype:  adult_intelligence__adultintelligence  the average IQ of the adults in a given population
        subtype:  borderline_intelligence  the minimal IQ required for someone to function normally and independently in the world (without some form of institutional assistance)
     subtype:  load_factor  (aeronautics) the ratio of an external load to the weight of the aircraft (measured in g)
     subtype:  loss_ratio  the ratio of the annual claims paid by an insurance company to the premiums received
     subtype:  Mach_number  the ratio of the speed of a moving body to the speed of sound
     subtype:  magnification.ratio  the ratio of the size of an image to the size of the object
     subtype:  mechanical_advantage  the ratio of the force exerted by a machine to the force applied to it
     subtype:  fuel_consumption__mileage__milespergallon  the ratio of the number of miles traveled to the number of gallons of gasoline burned
     subtype:  betting_odds__odds  the ratio by which one better's wager is greater than that of another; "he offered odds of two to one"
     subtype:  order_of_magnitude__magnitude  a number assigned to the ratio of two quantities; two quantities are of the same order of magnitude if one is less than 10 times as large as the other; the number of magnitudes that the quantities differ is specified to within a power of 10
     subtype:  output-to-input_ratio  the output power of a transducer divided by the input power
     subtype:  prevalence.ratio  (epidemiology) the ratio (for a given time period) of the number of occurrences of a disease or event to the number of units at risk in the population
     subtype:  price-to-earnings_ratio__P/E_ratio  (stock market) the price of a stock divided by its earnings
     subtype:  productivity  (economics) the ratio of the quantity and quality of units produced to the labor per unit of time
     subtype:  quotient.ratio  the ratio of two quantities to be divided
        subtype:  proportionality__proportion  the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole
           subtype:  content.proportionality  the proportion of a substance that is contained in a mixture or alloy etc.
           subtype:  scale.proportionality  the ratio between the size of something and a representation of it; "the scale of the map"; "the scale of the model"
           subtype:  golden_section__golden_mean  the proportional relation between two divisions of line or two dimension of a plane figure such that short : long :: long : (short + long)
           subtype:  commensurateness__correspondence__proportionateness__proportionatenes  the relation of correspondence in degree or size or amount
           subtype:  percent__percentage__per_centum__percentum  a proportion multiplied by 100
              subtype:  absentee_rate  the percentage of workers who do not report to work
              subtype:  batting_average__battingaverage  (baseball) the percentage of times a batter gets a hit; number of base hits divided by the number of times at bat
              subtype:  fielding_average  (baseball) the percentage of times a fielder handles a batted ball properly; number of assists and putouts divided by the number of chances
              subtype:  occupancy_rate__occupancyrate  the percentage of all rental units (as in hotels) are occupied or rented at a given time
                 subtype:  hospital_occupancy  occupancy rate for hospitals
                 subtype:  hotel_occupancy__hoteloccupancy  occupancy rate for hotels
              subtype:  vacancy_rate__vacancyrate  the percentage of all rental units (as in hotels) that are unoccupied or not rented at a given time
              subtype:  unemployment_rate  the percentage of the work force that is unemployed at any given date
           subtype:  batting_average.proportionality__battingaverage  (an extension of the baseball term) the proportion of times some effort succeeds; "the salesman's batting average was 7 out of 12"
     subtype:  refractive_index__index_of_refraction  the ratio of the velocity of light in a vacuum to that in a medium
     subtype:  relative_humidity  the ratio of the amount of water in the air at a give temperature to the maximum amount it could hold at that temperature; expressed as a percentage
     subtype:  respiratory_quotient__respiratoryquotient  the ratio of the volume of carbon dioxide expired to the volume of oxygen consumed by an organism or cell in a given period of time
     subtype:  safety_factor__factor_of_safety  the ratio of the breaking stress of a structure to the estimated maximum stress in ordinary use
     subtype:  signal-to-noise_ratio__signal-to-noise__signal/noise_ratio__signal/noise__S/N  the ratio of signal intensity to noise intensity
     subtype:  stoichiometry  (chemistry) the relation between the quantities of substances that take part in a reaction or form a compound (typically a ratio of whole integers)
     subtype:  time_constant  the ratio of the inductance of a circuit in henries to its resistance in ohms
     subtype:  turnover_rate__turnover  the ratio of the number of workers that had to be replaced in a given time period to the average number of workers
     subtype:  loading.ratio  the ratio of the gross weight of an airplane to some factor determining its lift
        subtype:  power_loading__powerloading  the ratio of the weight of an airplane to its engine power
        subtype:  span_loading  the ratio of the weight of an airplane to its wingspan
        subtype:  wing_loading  the ratio of the weight of an airplane to its wing area
     subtype:  eccentricity.ratio  (geometry) a ratio describing the shape of a conic section; the ratio of the distance between the foci to the length of the major axis; "a circle is an ellipse with zero eccentricity"
  subtype:  rate  a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit; "they traveled at a rate of 55 miles per hour"; "the rate of change was faster than expected"
     subtype:  attrition_rate__attritionrate__rate_of_attrition  the rate of shrinkage in size or number
     subtype:  birthrate__birth_rate__birthrate__fertility__fertility_rate__fertilityrate__natality  the ratio of live births in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year
     subtype:  bits_per_second__bps__bp  (computer science) the rate at which data is transferred (as by a modem)
     subtype:  crime_rate__crimerate  the ratio of crimes in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year
     subtype:  data_rate  the rate at which circuits or other devices operate when handling digital information
        subtype:  channel_capacity__channelcapacity  the maximum data rate that can be attained over a given channel
     subtype:  deathrate__death_rate__deathrate__morbidity__mortality__mortality_rate__mortalityrate__fatalityrate  the ratio of deaths in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 per year
        subtype:  infant_deathrate__infant_mortality__infant_mortality_rate  the death rate during the first year of life
        subtype:  neonatal_mortality_rate__neonatal_mortality  the death rate during the first 28 days of life
     subtype:  dose_rate  the quantity of radiation absorbed per unit time
     subtype:  erythrocyte_sedimentation_rate__erythrocytesedimentationrate__ESR__sedimentation_rate__sedimentationrate__sed_rate__sedrate  the rate at which red blood cells settle out in a tube of blood under standardized conditions; a high rate usually indicates the presence of inflammation
     subtype:  rate_of_flow__flow__flow_rate  the amount of fluid that flows in a given time
        subtype:  cardiac_output__cardiacoutput  the amount of blood pumped out by the ventricles in a given period of time; "a resting adult has a cardiac output of about three quarts a minute"
     subtype:  flux.rate  the rate of flow of energy or particles across a given surface
        subtype:  neutron_flux__neutronflux  the rate of flow of neutrons; the number of neutrons passing through a unit area in unit time
        subtype:  radiant_flux__radiantflux  the rate of flow of radiant energy (electromagnetic waves)
           subtype:  luminous_flux  the rate of flow of light energy
     subtype:  frequency__frequence__oftenness__oftennes  the number of occurrences within a given time period (usually 1 second); "the frequency of modulation was 40 cycles per second"
        subtype:  audio_frequency__audiofrequency__audio  an audible acoustic wave frequency
        subtype:  radio_frequency__radiofrequency  an electromagnetic wave frequency between audio and infrared
           subtype:  extremely_low_frequency__extremelylowfrequency__ELF  below 3 kilohertz
           subtype:  very_low_frequency__VLF  3 to 30 kilohertz
           subtype:  low_frequency__lowfrequency__LF  30 to 300 kilohertz
           subtype:  medium_frequency__MF  300 to 3000 kilohertz
           subtype:  high_frequency__HF  3 to 30 megahertz
           subtype:  very_high_frequency__VHF  30 to 300 megahertz
           subtype:  ultrahigh_frequency__ultrahighfrequency__UHF  300 to 3000 megahertz
           subtype:  superhigh_frequency__superhighfrequency__SHF  3 to 30 gigahertz
           subtype:  extremely_high_frequency__EHF  30 to 300 gigahertz
        subtype:  infrared_frequency__infrared  the infrared part of the electromagnetic spectrum; electromagnetic wave frequencies below the visible range; "they could sense radiation in the infrared"
        subtype:  wave_number  the reciprocal of the wavelength of a wave
           subtype:  rydberg_constant__rydbergconstant__rydberg__rydberg_unit__rydbergunit  a wave number characteristic of the wave spectrum of each element
        subtype:  count_per_minute__countperminute__counts/minute  frequency per minute
        subtype:  sampling_frequency  (telecommunications) the frequency of sampling a continuously varying signal
           subtype:  Nyquist_frequency  (telecommunications) twice the maximum frequency occurring in the transmitted signal
     subtype:  gigahertz__GHz__gigacycle_per_second__gigacyclepersecond__gigacycle__Gc  1,000,000,000 periods per second
     subtype:  growth_rate__rate_of_growth  the rate of increase in size per unit time
     subtype:  Hertz__Hz__cycle_per_second__cyclepersecond__cycles/second__cps__cp__cycle  the unit of frequency; one Hertz has a periodic interval of one second
     subtype:  inflation_rate__inflationrate__rate_of_inflation  the rate of change of prices (as indicated by a price index) calculated on a monthly or annual basis
     subtype:  jerk__rate_of_acceleration  (mechanics) the rate of change of velocity
     subtype:  kilohertz__khz__kilocycle_per_second__kilocyclepersecond__kilocycle__kc  one thousand periods per second
     subtype:  kilometers_per_hour__kilometres_per_hour__kph__km/h  the ratio of the distance traveled (in kilometers) to the time spent traveling (in hours)
     subtype:  megahertz__MHz__megacycle_per_second__megacyclepersecond__megacycle__Mc  one million periods per second
     subtype:  metabolic_rate__metabolicrate  rate of metabolism; the amount of energy expended in a give period
        subtype:  basal_metabolic_rate__basalmetabolicrate__BMR  because the rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state
     subtype:  miles_per_hour__milesperhour__mph  the ratio of the distance traveled (in miles) to the time spent traveling (in hours)
     subtype:  gait.rate__pace  the rate of moving (especially walking or running)
        subtype:  quick_time__quicktime  a normal marching pace of 120 steps per minute
        subtype:  double_time.gait__doubletime  a fast marching pace (180 steps/min) or slow jog
        subtype:  beats_per_minute__beatsperminute__bpm__metronome_marking__metronomemarking__M.M.  (music) the pace of music measured by the number of beats occurring in 60 seconds
     subtype:  pulse_rate__pulserate__pulse__heart_rate__heartrate  the rate at which the heart beats; usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health
        subtype:  femoral_pulse__femoralpulse  pulse of the femoral artery (felt in the groin)
        subtype:  radial_pulse  pulse of the radial artery (felt in the wrist)
     subtype:  respiratory_rate__respiratoryrate__rateofrespiration  the rate at which a person inhales and exhales; usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health
     subtype:  revolutions_per_minute__revolutionsperminute__rpm__rev  rate of revolution of a motor; "the engine was doing 6000 revs"
     subtype:  sampling_rate  (telecommunications) the frequency of sampling per unit time
        subtype:  Nyquist_rate  (telecommunications) the lowest sampling rate that will permit accurate reconstruction of a sampled analog signal
     subtype:  solar_constant__solarconstant  the rate at which radiant solar energy is received at the outer layer of the earth's atmosphere
     subtype:  spacing  the time between occurrences of a repeating event; "some women do not control the spacing of their children"
     subtype:  speed__velocity  distance travelled per unit time
        subtype:  airspeed  the speed of an aircraft relative to the air in which it is flying
        subtype:  escape_velocity  the minimum velocity needed to escape a gravitational field
        subtype:  groundspeed  the speed of an aircraft relative to the ground
        subtype:  hypervelocity  excessive velocity; "the meteorites struck the earth with hypervelocity impacts"
        subtype:  muzzle_velocity  the velocity of a projectile as it leaves the muzzle of a gun
        subtype:  speed_of_light__light_speed__lightspeed__c  the speed at which light travels in a vacuum; the constancy and universality of the speed of light is recognized by defining it to be exactly 299,792,458 meters per second
        subtype:  steerageway  (nautical) the minimum rate of motion needed for a vessel to be maneuvered
        subtype:  terminal_velocity  the constant maximum velocity reached by a body falling through the atmosphere under the attraction of gravity
     subtype:  tempo.rate  the rate of some repeating event
     subtype:  words_per_minute__wordsperminute__wpm  the rate at which words are produced (as in speaking or typing)
     subtype:  computer_speed
        subtype:  computer_speed_unit
           subtype:  MFLOPS__MegaFLOPS__million_floating_point_operations_per_second  (computer science) a unit for measuring computing power
           subtype:  MIPS__million_instructions_per_second  (computer science) a unit for measuring the execution speed of computers; "4 MIPS is 4,000,000 instructions per second"
     subtype:  pace.rate__rate  the relative speed of progress or change; "he lived at a fast pace"; "he works at a great rate"; "the pace of events accelerated"
        subtype:  swiftness__swiftnes__fastness  a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens; "the project advanced with gratifying speed"
           subtype:  hurriedness__hurriednes__hastiness__hastines  overly eager speed (and possible carelessness); "he soon regretted his haste"
              subtype:  precipitateness__abruptness__precipitance__precipitancy__suddenness  the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning
           subtype:  acceleration.rate  an increase in speed; "modern science caused an acceleration of cultural change"
              subtype:  getaway__pickup  the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration; "his car has a lot of pickup"
              subtype:  precipitation.acceleration  an unexpected acceleration or hastening: "he is responsible for the precipitation of his own demise"
              subtype:  acceleration  (physics) a rate of change of velocity
                 subtype:  centripetal_acceleration__centripetalacceleration  the acceleration toward the center that holds a satellite in elliptical orbit
                 subtype:  acceleration_unit  a unit for measuring acceleration
                    subtype:  gal.acceleration_unit  a unit of gravitational acceleration equal to one centimeter per second per second (named after Galileo)
           subtype:  deceleration__slowing  a decrease in speed
           subtype:  execution_speed__executionspeed  (computer science) the speed with which a computational device can execute instructions; measured in MIPS
           subtype:  graduality__gradualness  the quality of being gradual or of coming about by gradual stages
        subtype:  beat.pace  a regular rate of repetition; "the cox raised the beat"
        subtype:  celerity__quickness__quicknes  a rate that is rapid
           subtype:  fleetness__fleetnes  rapidity of movement: "fleetness of foot"
           subtype:  instantaneousness__instantaneousnes__immediateness__immediatenes  the quickness of action or occurrence; "the immediacy of their response"; "the instancy of modern communication"
           subtype:  expeditiousness__dispatch__despatch__expedition  the property of being prompt and efficient; "it was done with dispatch"
           subtype:  promptness__promptitude  the characteristic of doing things without delay
        subtype:  slowness__deliberation__deliberateness__unhurriedness__unhurriednes  a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry
           subtype:  leisureliness__leisurelines  slowness by virtue of being leisurely
           subtype:  dilatoriness__procrastination  slowness as a consequence of not getting around to it
     subtype:  m/s__m/__meter_per_second__meterpersecond

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