inverse ratio

collocation in English

meaningsofinverseandratio

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inverse
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ɪnˈvɜːs/us
/ɪnˈvɝːs/
opposite in relation to ...
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ratio
noun[C]
uk
/ˈreɪ.ʃi.əʊ/us
/ˈreɪ.ʃi.oʊ/
the relationship between two groups or amounts that expresses how much bigger one is than ...
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(Definition ofinverseandratiofrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Historical abstractions ' operate' or influence the historian, not in the degree to which they are precisely named, but ininverseratio.
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The ratio of the resulting velocities will equal theinverseratioof the masses.
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High concentrations would either have to be equal or the susceptibilities of the children involved would need to have exactly theinverseratioof the two concentrations.
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I find that their dogmatism is ininverseratioto their knowledge of the subject.
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Indeed, in many cases his dogmatism is ininverseratioto his accuracy.
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First, the persuasiveness of argument is often ininverseratioto the intemperance of the language used to advance it.
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Indeed, its validity is often ininverseratioto the number of those who shout it.
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But when the money goes back it goes back in theinverseratio.
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Facts can be documented to show that the actual volume of total savings is ininverseratioto the height of the rate of interest.
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We can all at least join in hoping that the length of their sentences will be ininverseratioto that of their speeches.
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I give it as a generalisation that the political influence of a newspaper is ininverseratioto its circulation.
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Yet remoteness is often ininverseratioto the affluence of the person who lives in that place.
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That is a classic example of how cost and speed move ininverseratio.
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The only way to resist it is to say that the cuts should be ininverseratioto the contribution made to the stocks.
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As is not unusual, attendance is ininverseratioto the importance of the subject.
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I ask because the experience of recent years has been that employment has decreased ininverseratioas production has increased.
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There is a sort ofinverseratiobetween the amount of work done and the number of members involved.
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Was not the output of oratory on these occasions ininverseratioto the subsequent output of coal?
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Thus, neither in civil nor in military life are we paid in accordance with our merits, and often ininverseratioto our merits.
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The severity of any grievance is ininverseratioto the duration of its existence.
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