fixed ratio
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffixedandratio
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fixed
adjective
uk/fɪkst/us/fɪkst/
arranged or decided already and not able 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 offixedandratiofrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoffixed ratio
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A simple model is presented which demonstrates how the size and separation of vortex structures may lock into afixedratio.
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With respect to public debt, we assume that the government maintains an exogenouslyfixedratioof debt to output.
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Clearly, in a given hyperbola (or ellipse) it is a fixed line, since it is produced by dividing another fixed line, the transverse axis, in afixedratio.
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The pound has been given afixedratioto the dollar, and the dollar has afixedratioto gold.
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Methods vary and nofixedratiois appropriate: there is no serious overall shortage of psychiatrists though more are needed in some areas.
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There is nofixedratioof staff to prisoners.
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In a few industries there is afixedratioof apprentices to skilled men.
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You must have afixedratiobetween the paper circulation and the gold reserves.
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Therefore, if they are retained at all, afixedratiobased on the relative wealth and building capacity of the nations is logical.
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We now introduce this static feature of thefixedratiowhich must be the same.
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Of the two, the percentage ratio is the worse, but thefixedratio, which we have got, is unsatisfactory.
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First, the paper currency must be convertible at somefixedratiointo metallic gold.
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For example, the possibility was considered of fixing maximum rents for furnished lets by applying afixedratioto the rent of the accommodation unfurnished.
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Its army is to be on the basis of afixedratioper thousand men.
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What is to happen to them under thisfixedratio?
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I was not an advocate of thefixedratio, but thought that the ratio should be equitable.
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It would be sad if afixedratiowere imposed on the double occupancy of bedrooms, as opposed to single occupancy.
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His proposal was that the nations of the world, or the central banks, should agree to accept a certain proportion of silver at afixedratiofor gold.
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There is nofixedratiobetween exam marks and the final grade awarded.
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Rationalized codabar uses afixedratioand allows the character widths to vary.
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