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Авиационная медицина: частота реакции кожного сопротивленияУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > skin resistance response frequency
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Aviation medicine: SRRFУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > skin resistance response frequency
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Англо-русский словарь по авиационной медицине > skin resistance response frequency
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4 частота реакций кожного сопротивления
Russian-english psychology dictionary > частота реакций кожного сопротивления
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Aviation medicine: skin resistance response frequencyУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > частота реакции кожного сопротивления
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8 disminuir
v.1 to reduce.2 to decrease.El medicamento disminuyó la fiebre The drug decreased the fever.Me disminuyó la temperatura My temperature decreased.3 to diminish, to decrease, to fall off, to drop off.El calor disminuyó The heat diminished.4 to lessen, to take down, to humiliate, to deflate.Su actitud disminuyó a su hijo His attitude lessened his son.5 to have less.Te disminuyó la fiebre You have less fever.* * *1 (gen) to decrease2 (medidas, velocidad) to reduce1 (gen) to diminish2 (temperatura, precios) to drop, fall* * *verb1) to decrease2) drop, fall* * *1. VT1) (=reducir) [+ nivel, precio, gastos, intereses] to reduce, bring down; [+ riesgo, incidencia, dolor] to reduce, lessen; [+ temperatura] to lower, bring down; [+ prestigio, autoridad] to diminish, lessen; [+ fuerzas] to sap; [+ entusiasmo] to dampenalgunos bancos han disminuido en un 0,15% sus tipos de interés — some banks have reduced o brought down their interest rates by 0.15%
disminuyó la velocidad para tomar la curva — she slowed down o reduced her speed to go round the bend
esta medicina me disminuye las fuerzas — this medicine is making me weaker o sapping my strength
2) (Cos) [+ puntos] to decrease2. VI1) (=decrecer) [número, población] to decrease, drop, fall; [temperatura, precios] to drop, fall; [distancia, diferencia, velocidad, tensión] to decrease; [fuerzas, autoridad, poder] to diminish; [días] to grow shorter; [luz] to fade; [prestigio, entusiasmo] to dwindleha disminuido la tasa de natalidad — the birth rate has decreased o dropped o fallen
el número de asistentes ha disminuido últimamente — attendance has decreased o dropped o fallen recently
ya le está disminuyendo la fiebre — his temperature is dropping o falling now
el paro disminuyó en un 0,3% — unemployment dropped o fell by 0.3%
con esta pastilla te disminuirá el dolor — this tablet will relieve o ease your pain
2) (=empeorar) [memoria, vista] to fail3) (Cos) [puntos] to decrease* * *1.verbo intransitivo1) ( menguar) número/cantidad to decrease, drop, fall; entusiasmo/interés to wane, diminish; precios/temperaturas to drop, fall; poder/fama to diminish; dolor to diminish, lessendisminuyó la intensidad del viento — the wind died down o dropped
2) ( al tejer) to decrease2.disminuir vt1) ( reducir) <gastos/costos/impuestos> to reduce, cut; < velocidad> to reduce; <número/cantidad> to reduce, diminish* * *= decline, decrease, diminish, dwindle, fall off, reduce, relax, shrink, slow down, tail off, lower, dip, subside, mitigate, lessen, abate, decelerate, regress, wane, take + a dive, ebb, slacken, whittle (away/down/at), slow up, taper, scale back, remit, take + a dip, turn down.Ex. Library use declines during the June-October period when examinations have finished and the students are on vacation.Ex. Recall is inversely proportional to precision, and vice versa, or in other words, as one increases, the other must decrease.Ex. While another colleague of mine offered the wry comment that 'as the computer's capabilities have increased our expectations of what it can do have proportionally diminished'.Ex. Whereas this proportion is dwindling as a percentage of the total budget, agricultural spending continues to rise in real terms.Ex. When the recording procedures were removed study time fell off immediately.Ex. The disadvantage of inversion of words is that inversion or indirect word order reduces predictability of form of headings.Ex. Since the Federal Government has not been willing to relax import restrictions on books, academic librarians have had to devise a number of strategies for the survival of collection development.Ex. The 'false hit' problem still arises, but becomes less likely as the 'neighborhood' of the two words shrinks.Ex. However, the flight from DC appears to have slowed down more quickly than was anticipated, and we no longer read of large numbers of libraries making the change.Ex. In this unsettled atmosphere, it is not surprising that enthusiasm for membership of the Community should tail off.Ex. When a forme was in place on the press stone, paper was lowered on to it by means of a tympan and frisket.Ex. The proportions of books bought for children have been extraordinarily steady for four of the five years, only dipping at all appreciably in the last year of 1979-80.Ex. Her agitation subsided suddenly.Ex. Confusion caused by repetition of descriptive information in access points can be mitigated by careful screen design.Ex. Two possible solutions are possible: (1) to lessen the frequency of production, or (2) to reduce the amount of detail in the entries.Ex. As the sobbing abated, the secretary's voice regained some steadiness.Ex. Accumulation of new data bases is decelerating rapidly with the focus on deriving subsets from current files to serve niche markets.Ex. Interloans have regressed recently, despite the rapid advancement of the computer age.Ex. The population waxed again slightly, then waned again, until it finally stabilized around its present 55,000.Ex. The article 'Wages, hours, bookfunds take a dive' examines how some authorities are proposing cuts in wages to preserve services; others reducing bookfunds by as much as a quarter, or cutting their opening hours in half.Ex. Subsequently, library development stalled as cultural interaction ebbed from classical levels.Ex. The trend direct supply of books to schools shows no sign of slackening.Ex. However, such idealism is often whittled away over time by bureaucratic problems & organizational demands.Ex. Since cataloging is the most time consuming part of digitization, it has slowed up the placement of files.Ex. The tube in the two types tapers almost unnoticeably from base to tip.Ex. He first spotted trouble when she started being short with users and so he solved the problem by scaling back her workload.Ex. The fever was resolved and the skin lesions started to remit during the following 3 weeks.Ex. Sales took a dip in 2005 but exploded in 2006.Ex. Cytokines are small proteins used to communicate messages between the immune cells in the immune system to either turn up or down the immune response.----* atención + disminuir = attention + wane.* disminuir casi hasta su desaparación = drop to + near vanishing point.* disminuir de tamaño = dwindle in + size.* disminuir el riesgo = reduce + risk.* disminuir el valor de = belittle.* disminuir la importancia de = lessen + the importance of.* disminuir la marcha = slow down.* disminuir la posibilidad = lessen + possibility.* disminuir la probabilidad = reduce + chances.* disminuir las probabilidades = lengthen + the odds.* disminuir la velocidad = slow up.* sin disminuir = non-decreasing, unabated.* * *1.verbo intransitivo1) ( menguar) número/cantidad to decrease, drop, fall; entusiasmo/interés to wane, diminish; precios/temperaturas to drop, fall; poder/fama to diminish; dolor to diminish, lessendisminuyó la intensidad del viento — the wind died down o dropped
2) ( al tejer) to decrease2.disminuir vt1) ( reducir) <gastos/costos/impuestos> to reduce, cut; < velocidad> to reduce; <número/cantidad> to reduce, diminish* * *= decline, decrease, diminish, dwindle, fall off, reduce, relax, shrink, slow down, tail off, lower, dip, subside, mitigate, lessen, abate, decelerate, regress, wane, take + a dive, ebb, slacken, whittle (away/down/at), slow up, taper, scale back, remit, take + a dip, turn down.Ex: Library use declines during the June-October period when examinations have finished and the students are on vacation.
Ex: Recall is inversely proportional to precision, and vice versa, or in other words, as one increases, the other must decrease.Ex: While another colleague of mine offered the wry comment that 'as the computer's capabilities have increased our expectations of what it can do have proportionally diminished'.Ex: Whereas this proportion is dwindling as a percentage of the total budget, agricultural spending continues to rise in real terms.Ex: When the recording procedures were removed study time fell off immediately.Ex: The disadvantage of inversion of words is that inversion or indirect word order reduces predictability of form of headings.Ex: Since the Federal Government has not been willing to relax import restrictions on books, academic librarians have had to devise a number of strategies for the survival of collection development.Ex: The 'false hit' problem still arises, but becomes less likely as the 'neighborhood' of the two words shrinks.Ex: However, the flight from DC appears to have slowed down more quickly than was anticipated, and we no longer read of large numbers of libraries making the change.Ex: In this unsettled atmosphere, it is not surprising that enthusiasm for membership of the Community should tail off.Ex: When a forme was in place on the press stone, paper was lowered on to it by means of a tympan and frisket.Ex: The proportions of books bought for children have been extraordinarily steady for four of the five years, only dipping at all appreciably in the last year of 1979-80.Ex: Her agitation subsided suddenly.Ex: Confusion caused by repetition of descriptive information in access points can be mitigated by careful screen design.Ex: Two possible solutions are possible: (1) to lessen the frequency of production, or (2) to reduce the amount of detail in the entries.Ex: As the sobbing abated, the secretary's voice regained some steadiness.Ex: Accumulation of new data bases is decelerating rapidly with the focus on deriving subsets from current files to serve niche markets.Ex: Interloans have regressed recently, despite the rapid advancement of the computer age.Ex: The population waxed again slightly, then waned again, until it finally stabilized around its present 55,000.Ex: The article 'Wages, hours, bookfunds take a dive' examines how some authorities are proposing cuts in wages to preserve services; others reducing bookfunds by as much as a quarter, or cutting their opening hours in half.Ex: Subsequently, library development stalled as cultural interaction ebbed from classical levels.Ex: The trend direct supply of books to schools shows no sign of slackening.Ex: However, such idealism is often whittled away over time by bureaucratic problems & organizational demands.Ex: Since cataloging is the most time consuming part of digitization, it has slowed up the placement of files.Ex: The tube in the two types tapers almost unnoticeably from base to tip.Ex: He first spotted trouble when she started being short with users and so he solved the problem by scaling back her workload.Ex: The fever was resolved and the skin lesions started to remit during the following 3 weeks.Ex: Sales took a dip in 2005 but exploded in 2006.Ex: Cytokines are small proteins used to communicate messages between the immune cells in the immune system to either turn up or down the immune response.* atención + disminuir = attention + wane.* disminuir casi hasta su desaparación = drop to + near vanishing point.* disminuir de tamaño = dwindle in + size.* disminuir el riesgo = reduce + risk.* disminuir el valor de = belittle.* disminuir la importancia de = lessen + the importance of.* disminuir la marcha = slow down.* disminuir la posibilidad = lessen + possibility.* disminuir la probabilidad = reduce + chances.* disminuir las probabilidades = lengthen + the odds.* disminuir la velocidad = slow up.* sin disminuir = non-decreasing, unabated.* * *viA (menguar) «número/cantidad» to decrease, drop, fall; «desempleo/exportaciones/gastos» to decrease, drop, fall; «entusiasmo» to wane, diminish; «interés» to wane, diminish, fall offel número de fumadores ha disminuido the number of smokers has dropped o fallen o decreasedlos impuestos no disminuyeron there was no decrease o cut in taxeslos casos de malaria han disminuido there has been a drop o fall o decrease in the number of malaria casesdisminuyó la intensidad del viento the wind died down o droppedla agilidad disminuye con los años one becomes less agile with ageB (al tejer) to decrease■ disminuirvtA (reducir) ‹gastos/costos› to reduce, bring down, cutdisminuimos la velocidad we reduced speedes un asunto muy grave y se intenta disminuir su importancia it is a very serious matter, and its importance is being played downel alcohol disminuye la rapidez de los reflejos alcohol slows down your reactionsB (al tejer) ‹puntos› to decrease* * *
disminuir ( conjugate disminuir) verbo intransitivo ( menguar) [número/cantidad] to decrease, fall;
[precios/temperaturas] to drop, fall;
[ dolor] to diminish, lessen
verbo transitivo ( reducir) ‹gastos/producción› to cut back on;
‹ impuestos› to cut;
‹velocidad/número/cantidad› to reduce
disminuir
I verbo transitivo to reduce: esto disminuye sus probabilidades de entrar en la Universidad, this lowers his chances of admission to the University
II verbo intransitivo to diminish: el calor ha disminuido, the heat has lessened
' disminuir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aclararse
- atenuar
- bajar
- descender
- enfriar
- perder
- rebajar
- reducir
- reducirse
- velocidad
English:
cut back
- decline
- decrease
- die down
- diminish
- drop
- dwindle
- ease off
- ease up
- lessen
- lower
- odds
- reduce
- shrink
- sink
- slacken
- slacken off
- taper off
- thin out
- abate
- ease
- flag
- go
- let
- tail
- taper
- wane
* * *♦ vtto reduce, to decrease;disminuye la velocidad al entrar en la curva reduce speed as you go into the curve;pastillas que disminuyen el sueño tablets that prevent drowsiness;la lesión no ha disminuido su habilidad con el balón the injury hasn't affected his skill with the ball♦ vi[cantidad, velocidad, intensidad, contaminación] to decrease, to decline; [desempleo, inflación] to decrease, to fall; [precios, temperatura] to fall, to go down; [vista, memoria] to fail; [interés] to decline, to wane;disminuye el número de matriculaciones en la universidad university enrolments are down;medidas para que disminuyan los costes cost-cutting measures;no disminuye la euforia inversora investor enthusiasm continues unabated* * *II v/i decrease, diminish* * *disminuir {41} vtreducir: to reduce, to decrease, to lowerdisminuir vi1) : to lower2) : to drop, to fall* * *disminuir vb1. (reducir) to reduce -
9 ratio
1) отношение; соотношение; пропорция5) матем. частное•-
4:1:1 ratio
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abundance ratio
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activity ratio
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adjacent-channel protection ratio
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advance ratio
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air/oil ratio
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air-fuel ratio
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alumina ratio
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amplitude ratio
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anamorphic ratio
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anode-to-cathode ratio
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aperture ratio
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apparent slip ratio
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aspect ratio
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atomic ratio
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attenuation ratio
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augmentation ratio
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availability ratio
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axial ratio
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axle ratio
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balance ratio
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balanced steel ratio
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beam aspect ratio
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beam-depth ratio
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beam-draft ratio
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bearing ratio
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best power mixture ratio
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blade aspect ratio
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blade-area ratio
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blending ratio
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blip-scan ratio
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blocking-to-forward resistance ratio
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blowup ratio
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boilup-feed ratio
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boost pressure ratio
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boosting ratio
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boss-diameter ratio
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boss ratio
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braking ratio
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breeding ratio
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brush coverage ratio
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burnout ratio
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by-pass ratio
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C/B ratio
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cancellation ratio
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capacity/deadweight ratio
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capture ratio
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carbon ratio
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carrier-to-interference ratio
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carrier-to-noise ratio
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cascade pitch-chord ratio
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catalyst-oil ratio
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catalyst ratio
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cement-aggregate ratio
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cetane ratio
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charge ratio
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charge-to-mass ratio
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circulation ratio
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coal-to-coke replacement ratio
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coherence ratio
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common ratio
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common-mode rejection ratio
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compression ratio
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contact ratio
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continuous casting ratio
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contrast ratio
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control ratio
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convergence ratio
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conversion ratio
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copper-to-superconductor ratio
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correlation ratio
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cost/performance ratio
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critical power ratio
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cross-ratio
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crown diameter ratio
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cumulative fatigue ratio
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current instability ratio
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current ratio
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current transfer ratio
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current unbalance ratio
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cutoff ratio
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damping ratio
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deadweight-displacement ratio
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deadweight ratio
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defective ratio
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defect ratio
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delivery ratio
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dependability ratio
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desired-to-undesired signal ratio
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developed blade-area ratio
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deviation ratio
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disk-area ratio
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distortion ratio
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disturbance ratio
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disturb ratio
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double ratio
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downtime ratio
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drafting ratio
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drop-off-to-pickup ratio
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drowning ratio
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dryout ratio
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duty ratio
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effective pitch ratio
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effective slip ratio
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electric/heat output ratio
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elongation ratio
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empty run ratio
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empty weight-to-carrying capacity ratio
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energy-to-volume ratio
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energy-to-weight ratio
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engine displacement to horsepower ratio
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engine pressure ratio
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enhancement ratio
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error ratio
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escape ratio
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excess noise ratio
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excitation response ratio
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extraction ratio
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extrusion ratio
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false alarm ratio
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fat-to-lean ratio
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field-forcing ratio
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filter open area ratio
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flow ratio of mold
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flowing fluid ratio
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focal ratio
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frame aspect ratio
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freeboard ratio
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free-fluid ratio
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frequency multiplication ratio
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frequency ratio
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friction ratio
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front-to-back ratio
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fuel ratio
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fuel-air equivalence ratio
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fuel-air ratio
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fuel-oil consumption ratio
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gas ratio
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gas recovery ratio
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gas-condensate ratio
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gas-oil ratio
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gasoline-oil consumption ratio
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gas-water ratio
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geometric pitch ratio
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grain-to-air mass ratio
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gross-to-net ratio
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harmonic ratio
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heat sharing ratio
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hit ratio
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hub-diameter ratio
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hub ratio
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humidity ratio
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hydrogen carbon ratio
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idle mixture ratio
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image ratio
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image signal-to-noise ratio
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image-frequency rejection ratio
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image rejection ratio
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input-to-output frequency ratio
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intensifier ratio
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interference-to-noise ratio
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internal breeding ratio
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inversion level ratio
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inversion ratio
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ionization ratio
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irregularity ratio
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isolation ratio
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jamming-to-signal ratio
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jam-to-signal ratio
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lay ratio
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length-beam ratio
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length-depth ratio
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length-draft ratio
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lift/drag ratio
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light output ratio
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likelihood ratio
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limiting drawing ratio
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line-interlace ratio
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liquor ratio
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load ratio
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locked rotor current ratio
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luminance ratio
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magnetoresistive ratio
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main-beam-to-sidelobe ratio
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mark-to-space ratio
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mark-space ratio
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meander ratio
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melting-speed ratio
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metal-restitution ratio
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mismatch ratio
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miss ratio
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mixing ratio
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mobility ratio
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moderating ratio
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modular ratio
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molar ratio
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mold ratio
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negative sequence current ratio
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negative sequence voltage ratio
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noise-power ratio
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noise-to-signal ratio
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notch yield ratio
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notched-unnotched tensile strength ratio
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n-ratio
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nutritive ratio
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offset ratio
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oil-steam ratio
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one-to-zero ratio
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on-off ratio
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operating ratio
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output voltage ratio
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output-input ratio
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overall combined feed ratio
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overall gear ratio
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overburden ratio
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overvoltage ratio
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partition ratio
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peak ratio
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peak-to-average ratio
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penetration shape ratio
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pin-to-gate ratio
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pitch damping ratio
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pitch ratio
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pitch-diameter ratio
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pluviometric ratio
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Poisson's ratio
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power amplification ratio
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power-loss ratio
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precipitation-evaporation ratio
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press ratio
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pressure-viscosity ratio
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processing ratio
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producing water-oil ratio
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proof ultimate ratio
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propagation ratio
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propane-oil ratio
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propeller solidity ratio
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protection ratio
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pulse-compression ratio
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pulse-smoothing ratio
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pulsing ratio
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rated voltage ratio
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ratio of break to reduction
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ratio of enrichment
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ratio of flow
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ratio of foreshortening
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ratio of similitude
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ratio of slope
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ratio of specific heats
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reactance ratio
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reactivity ratio
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real slip ratio
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recall ratio
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recirculation ratio
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recovery ratio
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rectification ratio
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recycle ratio
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reduction ratio
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reflux ratio
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reflux-to-product ratio
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reinforcement ratio
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rejection ratio
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reproduction ratio
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reserve-buoyance ratio
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resetting ratio
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reset ratio
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resolution ratio
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retrace ratio
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returning ratio
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ripple ratio
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roll damping ratio
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ruffling ratio
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runner ratio
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scaling ratio
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scrap-metal ratio
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seasonal ratio
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secondary-emission ratio
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seizure ratio
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serviceability ratio
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setting ratio
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shooting ratio
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short-circuit ratio
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shrinkage ratio
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shutter-to-pulldown ratio
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sidelobe ratio
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signal-to-clutter ratio
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signal-to-crosstalk ratio
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signal-to-distortion ratio
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signal-to-interference ratio
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signal-to-jamming ratio
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signal-to-jam ratio
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signal-to-noise ratio
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signal-to-quantization noise ratio
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silica ratio
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sinad ratio
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size ratio
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skin-to-brine ratio
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skip-stitch ratio
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slenderness ratio
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slip ratio
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slope ratio
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solvent ratio
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speed ratio
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spreading ratio
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spread-to-elongation ratio
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squareness ratio
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squeeze ratio
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stall torque ratio
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standing-wave ratio
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starting current-to-rated current ratio
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starting current ratio
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starting torque-to-nominal torque ratio
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static forward current transfer ratio
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steel ratio
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steering ratio
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step-down ratio
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step-up ratio
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stock-catalyst ratio
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stoichiometric ratio
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storage ratio
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strength-to-weigth ratio
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stress ratio
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stretch ratio
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stripping ratio
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sugar-acid ratio
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suppression ratio
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surface-to-volume ratio
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swirl ratio
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swirl-to-squish ratio
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T/D ratio
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tall gear ratio
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tapping voltage ratio
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target-to-clutter ratio
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thermal conductivity ratio
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thickness ratio
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thickness-to-diameter ratio
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throughput ratio
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thrust-deduction ratio
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torque-to-inertia ratio
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torque-to-weight ratio
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transfer ratio
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transformation ratio
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transient overvoltage ratio
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transmission ratio
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transport ratio
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traveling-wave ratio
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tree-area ratio
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trigonometric ratio
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trim ratio
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true slip ratio
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tuning ratio
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turn-on ratio
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turns ratio
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unbalance ratio
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unbalance reduction ratio
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up-time ratio
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useful-to-takeoff load ratio
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utilization ratio
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valve ratio
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vapor volumetric flow ratio
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vapor-liquid ratio
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variance ratio
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vertical retrace ratio
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virtual pitch ratio
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viscosity/density ratio
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voids ratio
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voltage instability ratio
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voltage nonsinusoidality ratio
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voltage ratio
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voltage standing-wave ratio
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voltage transfer ratio
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voltage unbalance ratio
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waste-to-ore ratio
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water use ratio
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water-oil ratio
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water-to-cement ratio
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wide-band ratio
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wind-to-coke ratio
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wing taper ratio
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xanthate ratio
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yield ratio
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zero-sequence current ratio
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zero-sequence voltage ratio
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zoom ratio
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Health and Disease — ▪ 2009 Introduction Food and Drug Safety. In 2008 the contamination of infant formula and related dairy products with melamine in China led to widespread health problems in children, including urinary problems and possible renal tube… … Universalium
human disease — Introduction an impairment of the normal state of a human being that interrupts or modifies its vital functions. health versus disease Before human disease can be discussed, the meanings of the terms health, physical fitness, illness … Universalium
