#ratio the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient)
supertype: #magnitude_relation__magnituderelation__quantitative_relation a relation between magnitudes
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"
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