“ratio of”

The following 3 entries include the term ratio of.

ratio of a geometric progression

: the constant quantity by which each term in a geometric progression is multiplied to produce the succeeding one

ratio of expansion

: the ratio of the volume of steam in an engine cylinder or turbine when the piston is at the end of the stroke to the volume at cut-off

ratio of similitude

: the ratio between any two corresponding linear extents (as line segments) in two similar figures


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