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- scalar value which describes the ratio of the force of friction between two bodies and the force pressing them together. The coefficient of friction ...12 KB (1,929 words) - 11:00, 11 April 2024
- Metalworking lathes are commonly provided with a variable ratio gear ... and appropriate settings, any reduction ratio is possible). ...20 KB (3,348 words) - 17:49, 25 October 2022
- first (more massive) body, and r1/R1, the ratio of the distance to the barycenter ... true for the Sun and any planet—then the ratio r1/R1 approximates to: ...21 KB (3,514 words) - 23:50, 3 December 2023
- Julius Kraft, founder in 1957 of the journal Ratio. ==References== * Fries, Jakob. Reinhold, Fichte und Schelling. 1803. * Fries, Jakob. System ...9 KB (1,390 words) - 12:47, 6 November 2021
- and Aristarchos of Samos had already found the ratio of the moon's distance to the size of the earth. But if what Eusebius wrote was pure fiction ...10 KB (1,516 words) - 19:18, 13 February 2024
- dark matter, as they have an uncommonly low ratio of visible matter to dark ... indicated that the mass to light ratio was anything other than unity ...31 KB (4,554 words) - 22:23, 25 January 2024
- * For the eccentric model, Hipparchus found for the ratio between ... * and for the epicycle model, the ratio between the radius of the ...39 KB (6,174 words) - 21:25, 30 January 2024
- Simply put, this quantity is the ratio between the pressure exerted ... In many situations, we are concerned with the ratio of the viscous ...36 KB (5,462 words) - 20:38, 3 May 2023
- on the page. The folio size, 307 x 445 mm, has the ratio of 1.45. The printed area had the same ratio, and was shifted out of the middle to leave a ...21 KB (3,123 words) - 02:56, 27 July 2023
- * Uranium-lead dating: This technique measures the ratio of two lead isotopes (lead-206 and lead-207) to the amount of uranium in a mineral or ...10 KB (1,498 words) - 06:51, 18 April 2024
- leaf and needle litter has a higher carbon-nitrogen ratio than deciduous leaf litter, contributing to a higher soil acidity and lower soil nitrogen content ...11 KB (1,564 words) - 04:53, 6 April 2021
- to achieve a stable fabric by hand at this ratio. All other wholly artificial felts are actually needle-felts. Loden is a type of felt originally ...9 KB (1,531 words) - 17:14, 26 March 2024
- Index method of ranking, which ranks based on the ratio of Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate examinations taken by students to the ...10 KB (1,451 words) - 23:24, 14 November 2022
- Training, uses a one-to-one therapist-child ratio and the "antecedent ... approval, encouragement, and affirmation; a ratio of five compliments for every ...21 KB (3,092 words) - 16:57, 2 February 2024
- obesity, and the female sex. The female to male ratio of afflicted patients is 3:1, and the average age of patients is 70 years at the time of diagnosis ...11 KB (1,595 words) - 14:53, 27 June 2021
- at room temperature, using an exact one-to-one ratio of the acid and base to neutralize each other. In practice, especially for Nylon 6,6, the monomers ...10 KB (1,452 words) - 10:12, 11 March 2023
- conceived the number or numerical ratio as the universal principle of harmony and understood that human aesthetic experience in music and art ...11 KB (1,612 words) - 17:28, 9 November 2022
- At any given instant, the retina can resolve a contrast ratio (ratio of lightest to darkest areas) of around 100:1 (about 6 1/2 stops). As soon ...29 KB (4,749 words) - 03:52, 22 June 2022
- relative atomic mass (Ar) of an element is the ratio of the mass of an atom of the element to one-twelfth the mass of an atom of carbon-12. Because an ...13 KB (2,025 words) - 06:26, 21 August 2023
- There is no fixed numeric formula for the ratio between the population and the number of Representatives. The Constitution proposed to begin ...13 KB (1,792 words) - 01:55, 26 March 2024
- of L-lysine are given to increase the ratio of lysine to arginine in the body, curing the outbreak of the virus. It likewise is advised to avoid ...10 KB (1,432 words) - 04:39, 5 November 2022
- carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms are in the ratio 1:2:1. Thus, the general formula of a monosaccharide is CnH2nOn, where n is a minimum of 3. Glucose ...10 KB (1,507 words) - 06:16, 1 April 2024
- or septa present in peanut worms. The ratio between the trunk length and introvert length varies among species (Schulze 2004). The trunk length ...11 KB (1,484 words) - 22:57, 23 April 2023
- Scheme (VRS) to reduce the man-equipment ratio (MER) of 367:1 (ratio of manpower to aircraft). The industry average at the time was 200:1, with ...23 KB (3,204 words) - 17:42, 31 October 2023
- is much smaller, and the power to weight ratio is much higher. A turbine ... With diesel-electric and electric locomotives, the gear ratio between ...22 KB (3,331 words) - 07:49, 9 March 2023
- Magnification--The ratio of the focal length of the eyepiece divided ... low-light and astronomical viewing is the ratio between magnifying power ...22 KB (3,302 words) - 17:52, 31 October 2023
- The ratio of the momentum to the velocity is the relativistic mass ... This mass is the ratio of momentum to velocity, and it is also the ...42 KB (6,653 words) - 19:12, 7 February 2023
- (or 4th overtone) of a fundamental has a frequency ratio of 5/1 to the frequency of that fundamental. This ratio corresponds to the interval of 2 octaves ...21 KB (2,981 words) - 06:46, 13 June 2023
- with a mystic property, in this case the vertical ratio of the shape known as the vesica piscis. [https://www.vesicapiscis.co.uk/ The Age of Pisces ...11 KB (1,707 words) - 21:21, 7 September 2023
- Processed foods often have a higher ratio of calories to other essential nutrients than unprocessed foods, a phenomenon referred to as "empty ...11 KB (1,557 words) - 06:18, 1 April 2024
- Just as in a combustion engine, a steady ratio between the reactant and ... at -30 °C and have a high power to volume ratio (typically 2.5 kW per liter). ...40 KB (5,810 words) - 07:10, 15 April 2024
- so many animals were preserved in one place. The ratio of fossils of carnivorous animals to fossils of herbivores is normally very small. Findings like ...11 KB (1,532 words) - 08:09, 23 July 2023
- constant," which is defined as the ratio of the amount of electrical energy stored in an insulator when a static electric field is imposed ...14 KB (1,888 words) - 14:27, 29 January 2024
- carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, usually in a ratio of 1:2:1 (generalized formula ... and O, which still are present in 2:1 (H:O) ratio. Monosaccharides can be grouped ...24 KB (3,603 words) - 23:47, 11 January 2023
- The very high surface area to mass ratio of graphene suggests it could ... with a "rather modest" on-off ratio of ~30 at room temperature ...43 KB (6,272 words) - 12:18, 24 January 2023
- which is approximately 0.87×10-15m. Thus the ratio between the sizes of the hydrogen atom to its nucleus is about 100,000. Atoms of different elements ...13 KB (2,062 words) - 06:25, 21 August 2023
- of prep schools is a very low student-to-teacher ratio, hence, smaller class sizes than in public schools. This tuition allows schools to hire highly ...13 KB (1,906 words) - 22:22, 30 November 2022
- tempered scale. First of all, the frequency ratio of an octave is 2:1. That ... Actually, that is pretty close. The Just ratio should be 660 to 440. The ...25 KB (3,778 words) - 08:05, 20 September 2023
- in order to receive signals with low signal-to-noise ratio. Also since angular resolution is a function of the diameter of the "objective" in ...12 KB (1,739 words) - 22:45, 7 December 2022
- of 63 percent tin and 37 percent lead (or a ratio of 60/40, which ... commonly designated Sn60/Pb40. The eutectic ratio of 63/37 corresponds closely ...27 KB (4,119 words) - 00:47, 4 February 2023
- The expected hit (correctly identified target) ratio of such a trial is one in four, or 25 percent. Deviations from this expected ratio might be ...25 KB (3,499 words) - 11:26, 11 March 2023
- area (refer to Blade surface area to air-feed ratio below). ... * Blade surface area to air-feed ratio. In general, more blade surface ...35 KB (5,762 words) - 23:44, 3 December 2023
- limited by the law of falling profit, as the ratio of constant capital to variable capital increased. Per Marx, only living labour (variable capital ...24 KB (3,604 words) - 15:29, 4 February 2023
- known today as d'Alembert's ratio test. In France, the fundamental theorem of algebra is known as the d'Alembert/Gauss theorem. ...12 KB (1,720 words) - 17:39, 2 April 2024
- ===Male-female ratio=== [[Image:Stanford University 1980.jpg|thumb ... to 500 students and maintaining a ratio of three males for every ...29 KB (4,059 words) - 19:49, 9 February 2023
- in his 1998 Encyclical Letter, Fides et Ratio, if from a Catholic perspective ... et-ratio_en.html Fides et Ratio.] On the Relationship between ...32 KB (4,866 words) - 10:28, 26 September 2023
- K). Also known as "1-2-3" (to indicate the ratio of the metal constituents), YBCO was developed by researchers at the University of Houston ...12 KB (1,634 words) - 21:34, 4 June 2023
- of the poise must be adjusted to the exact lever ratio of the beam. For greater convenience in placing large and awkward loads, a platform can ...13 KB (2,005 words) - 18:33, 17 April 2023
- held the view that until the gender ratio problem was completely solved ... tutorials, where a strict teacher-student ratio of between one-to-one and ...34 KB (4,989 words) - 13:06, 3 May 2023
- food source for the larvae when they hatch. The ratio of infertile to fertile eggs increases with scarcity of food at the time of egg laying (Perry ...12 KB (1,767 words) - 22:15, 7 January 2024
- Although it was defeated by a 2:1 ratio, this was viewed as progress ... * Fisher, R. A. 1922. On the dominance ratio. Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinb ...23 KB (3,500 words) - 21:28, 15 August 2022
- much like a plateau, with a length-to-height ratio of more than 5:1. USCG International Ice Patrol, [http://www.uscg.mil/lantarea/iip/FAQ/Icebergs_5 ...12 KB (1,760 words) - 17:16, 10 February 2024
- carbon in the form of charcoal, and sulfur with a ratio (by weight) of approximately 15:3:2 respectively. (Less frequently, sodium nitrate is used instead ...24 KB (3,604 words) - 17:15, 12 July 2023
- taxes is shown in the shrinking of the ratio of tax obligation as wealth ... preference schedule remains the same. The ratio of his consumption to savings ...30 KB (4,669 words) - 02:44, 8 January 2024
- to Pythagoras.Proclus ascribed the golden ratio to Pythagoras. It is also known that the Pythagoreans used the Pentagram which incorporates the ...33 KB (4,981 words) - 18:45, 23 March 2023
- the type of oil used and, to some extent, on the ratio of oil to resin. The drying and curing time of all varnishes may be sped up by exposure to an energy ...13 KB (2,023 words) - 14:37, 3 May 2023
- the saccharide composition (glucose to fructose ratio) of HFCS is approximately the same as that of honey, invert sugar, and the disaccharide sucrose. ...12 KB (1,703 words) - 09:20, 21 June 2021
- Rutherford's work also improved on previous measurements of the ratio of an alpha particle's mass to charge, allowing him to deduce ...13 KB (1,992 words) - 08:22, 23 July 2023
- music.” Abano tried to define the harmonic ratio between the body and soul by identifying the causes of life; the universal causes were light and ...12 KB (1,811 words) - 05:30, 24 November 2022
- are together in water in a 1:6 molar ratio, AlF6-3 is the most common ... in rock exposures, and meteorites. The ratio of 26Al to 10Be has been ...38 KB (5,676 words) - 08:41, 23 July 2023
- virtue of their greater volume to surface area ratio. A bigger animal has proportionately less of its body close to the outside environment than a smaller ...13 KB (1,833 words) - 02:00, 12 January 2023
- . The (stoichiometric) air to gasoline ratio is 14.7:1, meaning that for each weight unit of gasoline, 14.7 units of air will be consumed. Stoichiometric ...26 KB (4,190 words) - 19:11, 26 November 2023
- is in the order of 1E-2. The Reynolds number is a ratio of inertial to viscous forces and is used to determine whether flow will be laminar or turbulent ...13 KB (2,055 words) - 17:43, 14 October 2022
- location, with an approximate male to female ratio of a male to four females (Sussman 2003). Unlike most New World monkeys, juveniles of both genders ...13 KB (1,967 words) - 19:31, 7 February 2024
- shallow-arc bottom but its volume to surface ratio is worse. ... in an increase of the power to stroke ratio. This is generally used more ...28 KB (4,725 words) - 19:26, 25 November 2023
- hydrochloric acid and nitric acid in the ratio 3:1 by volume). If slowly cooled from a red-hot state in the presence of air, rhodium changes ...13 KB (1,685 words) - 20:04, 8 December 2022
- Glass fibers are useful because of their high ratio of surface area to weight. However, the increased surface makes them much more susceptible ...14 KB (2,135 words) - 17:33, 26 March 2024
- all the same distance from a fixed point. Also, the ratio of the distance of its points from two fixed points is constant." #The first part ...17 KB (2,835 words) - 21:37, 7 February 2023
- and pillaging. The slave-to-citizen ratio at that time was very high, making this rebellion hard for Rome to control. All of Rome's experienced ...13 KB (1,968 words) - 19:09, 7 February 2023
- from the French word raison, from Latin rationem (ratio) "reckoning, understanding, motive, cause." The concept of reason is connected to the ...15 KB (2,212 words) - 01:41, 8 December 2022
- centroid. The centroid cuts every median in the ratio 2:1 (i.e. the distance between a vertex and the centroid is twice as large as the distance between ...19 KB (3,068 words) - 16:46, 2 May 2023
- The desire to improve the diesel engine's power-to-weight ratio ... While higher compression ratio is helpful in raising efficiency, diesel ...60 KB (9,401 words) - 14:31, 29 January 2024
- balance, vodka should be produced in the ratio of one molecule of ethyl alcohol diluted with two molecules of water, giving a dilution by volume ...13 KB (1,999 words) - 16:30, 29 January 2024
- first to be educated according to the new Jesuit Ratio Studiorum (published 1599), a curriculum which incorporated literature, drama, and the humanities ...13 KB (1,963 words) - 05:58, 26 August 2023
- channeled away from the footprint. The void ratio is the void area of the tire ... the amount of traction. The length-to-width ratio of the contact patch will ...28 KB (4,401 words) - 03:48, 1 May 2023
- sulfide ((Co,Fe)AsS), in which the cobalt:iron(II) ratio is typically 3:1 * skutterudite - a cobalt arsenide mineral in which variable amounts ...13 KB (1,769 words) - 22:14, 7 January 2024
- material with a large tensile strength/mass ratio. A space elevator can be ... in March 2004; but the strength/weight ratio was not as good as Kevlar ...39 KB (5,875 words) - 15:17, 27 April 2023
- assure that there is a favorable benefit-to-risk ratio. in other words, the risks must be justified by the potential benefits. (Note that generally ...17 KB (2,475 words) - 18:58, 25 July 2021
- brought on by the war. The military participation ratio—the proportion of people serving in the armed forces—was 12.2 percent, which was the highest ...14 KB (2,001 words) - 16:24, 13 September 2023
- flour into a paste or dough. The weight or ratio of liquid required varies ... Amanda Fiegl, [https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/ratio-based ...36 KB (5,350 words) - 22:56, 20 November 2023
- for, although having a lower leverage ratio than treadwheels, capstans ... to the longer end of the beam. The ratio of the load's weight ...36 KB (5,771 words) - 00:17, 15 January 2023
- in light of its high energy in--energy out ratio, large carbon mitigation potential, and fast growth. Poplar wood also, particularly when seasoned ...14 KB (1,964 words) - 00:24, 12 April 2023
- Pope John Paul II's encyclical Fides et Ratio (Faith and Reason) September 15, 1998 John Paul II Faith and Reason. [http://www.vatican.va/holy_fat ...15 KB (2,241 words) - 17:33, 26 March 2024
- product 2-naphthalenesulfonic acid, with the ratio dependent on reaction conditions. Naphthalene can be hydrogenated under high pressure or with ...13 KB (1,879 words) - 01:21, 11 November 2022
- prevent heart disease by lowering the LDL:HDL ratio. A diet with vegetable oils, fatty fish (such as salmon), and nuts is important in this respect. ...16 KB (2,372 words) - 01:39, 26 March 2024
- has been observed between population density and sex ratio. One study noted that a dense population in California had a sex ratio of 2.1 males per female ...41 KB (6,143 words) - 23:59, 11 January 2023
- is often measured by area of floor area ratio (FAR), or the ratio of usable floorspace to area of land. As a rule of thumb, FARs of 1.5 or less ...28 KB (4,136 words) - 02:08, 2 May 2023
- are stunted, making hay that has a high ratio of dry coarse stems that ... The ratio of volume to surface area makes it possible for many dry ...30 KB (4,880 words) - 15:04, 25 January 2023
- 2004). The deficiency in folate leads to increased ratio of deoxyuracilmonophosphates (dUMP) to deoxythyminemonophosphates (dTMP) and uracil misincorporation ...14 KB (1,996 words) - 19:37, 12 November 2022
- acceptance rate through JEE has a low ratio, around 1 in 55. ... into the IITs. The faculty-to-student ratio in the IITs is between 1:6 ...40 KB (5,809 words) - 14:53, 16 October 2021
- on the mass of the part (high strength-to-mass ratio). Forged parts are more suitable for mass production. The process of forging a part becomes ...15 KB (2,453 words) - 06:32, 1 April 2024
- design consideration is power to weight ratio since the vehicle must carry ... voltage across the load depends on the ratio of the battery's internal ...31 KB (4,897 words) - 11:28, 20 September 2023
- , along with the isotopes 84Sr, 86Sr, and 88Sr. The ratio 87Sr/86Sr is the parameter typically reported in geologic investigations. In minerals and rocks ...14 KB (1,860 words) - 21:04, 26 February 2023
- elements do, which are most stable with a 1-1 ratio of protons and neutrons. Extra neutrons stabilize heavy elements because they add to strong-force ...31 KB (4,827 words) - 10:09, 11 March 2023
- to) other plant hormones. For example, the ratio of auxin to cytokinin in certain plant tissues determines initiation of root versus shoot buds ...15 KB (2,169 words) - 05:59, 10 January 2023
- been difficult to obtain a power-to-weight ratio anywhere near that obtainable ... used due to their higher power-to-weight ratio, steam engines are used when ...41 KB (6,343 words) - 19:56, 9 February 2023
- order to have a higher window-space to floor-space ratio, and thus be more marketable to these prospective lessees. Smaller floor sizes necessitated a ...13 KB (2,043 words) - 15:23, 14 May 2023
- of the fluorescence process. It is defined as the ratio of the number of photons emitted to the number of photons absorbed. : \Phi = \frac { ...15 KB (2,287 words) - 17:45, 28 March 2024
- females (Ferguson and Joanen 1982). The natural sex ratio is five females to one male at hatching, and females hatched from eggs incubated at 30°C weigh ...15 KB (2,172 words) - 18:37, 21 July 2023
- By measuring the ratio of radioactive potassium and trapped argon gas, which was produced when the potassium decayed, scientists determined the ...14 KB (2,279 words) - 07:48, 3 April 2024
