average ratio
collocation in Englishmeaningsofaverageandratio
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average
adjective
uk/ˈæv.ər.ɪdʒ/us/ˈæv.ɚ.ɪdʒ/
An average number is the number you get by adding two or more amounts together and dividing the total by the number ...
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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 ofaverageandratiofrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Each value is theaverageratiofor these oocytes.
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In addition, it shows theaverageratioof unconventionality across the conversations (22.6%).
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Over several examples of /bg/ in a folk story, theaverageratiois 1 :2.7 between the duration of the non-head and head vowels.
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Each value is theaverageratiofor 12 oocytes.
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The depreciation rate is taken to yield theaverageratioof investment to business capital over the same period.
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In terms of failure, theaverageratioon all experiments is of 1.6 failures per solution.
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We report the standard deviation of theaverageratioin parentheses.
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Theaverageratioof opsin1 to opsin2 was consistently higher than 2 throughout the day and night.
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As this is the case, anaverageratiovalue is applied in a population perspective, which drives this form of evaluation away from the conventional notion of welfare efficiency.
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Data on theaverageratiobetween expenditure on private improvements and the subsequent level of compensation are not available.
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Theaverageratioof women to men is one to three.
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With anaverageratioof 40 empty properties a week, we cannot keep pace with the level of homelessness.
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There is so much to teach and theaverageratioof tutors to students is 1 to 40.
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Specialists tell us that, for the same unit of physical energy plus the machine, theaverageratioof productivity is 20 times more than it was in 1914.
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To qualify for assistance, groups would need to control a minimum of 500,000 mule equivalent spindles—taking ring spindles at anaverageratioof about one and a half.
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Theaverageratioof nurses employed to all beds is 24 nurses per 100 beds; theaverageratioof nurses employed to all patients is 40 nurses per 100 patients.
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Outside the classroom, ratios vary greatly depending on local circumstances such as age, maturity of recruits, geography of establishments etc, and anaverageratiois therefore neither collated nor meaningful.
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London, which spends more per child than anywhere else and has a low pupil-teacher ratio, has half theaverageratioof the country in 0-levels.
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The historicalaverageratiosince late 1975 is approximately 0.9x.
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The nationalaverageratiowas of 14 physicians per 10,000 population.
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