conversion ratio
collocation in Englishmeaningsofconversionandratio
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conversion
noun
uk/kənˈvɜː.ʃən/us/kənˈvɝː.ʒən/
the process of converting something from one thing ...
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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 ofconversionandratiofrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Tolerance was not amenable to this analysis because it was derived by dividing mean overall resistance by mean antibiosis, to calculate a biomassconversionratio.
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When theconversionratioof feed to meat is not high enough, more grain is required to produce meat.
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Plants with low tolerance had a high biomassconversionratio, reflecting the high cost in plant biomass required to produce each unit of aphid biomass.
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Theconversionratiofrom wet to dry weight was assumed be 35%.
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Antibiosis was estimated by the gain in biomass of aphids during infestation, and tolerance was estimated as a biomassconversionratio, overall resistance divided by antibiosis.
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In this model, the input-outputconversionratiois loosely determined by the amount of load, and it is therefore called the loose-coupling model as opposed to the tightcoupling model.
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There was a significant (p < 0.05) effect of rootstock onconversionratio, but there was also a significant (p < 0.01) interaction between rootstock and scion.
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Accessions 9, 14, 22 and 24 (to the right of filled circles) are possibly tolerant wheats because they have a low biomassconversionratioand at least moderate growth potentials.
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The second is that for about ten weeks it will give aconversionratioof one in one, or one lb.
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It is also true thatconversionratioof aircraft and aero-engines is very high.
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That is an enormous figure for aconversionratio.
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Our foodconversionratiois better and our labour costs are better.
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Theconversionratiofor chicken is 2·2 to 1 and for trout it is 1·5 to 1.
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I am much in favour of our industries turning out products with a highconversionratio.
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Theconversionratioof this double process is hideous.
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It is worth noting in passing that theconversionratioof raw materials into finished products in the aerospace industry is one to 10.
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They have a good feed-to-eggconversionratio, needing around 125 grams per day of feed.
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Nicocodeine is almost always used as the hydrochloride salt, which has a free baseconversionratioof.917.
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