A quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's magnitude in proportion to the magnitude of another entity. [ https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8314-2140 ]
Synonyms: quotient proportionality proportion proportionality to
Term information
attribute_slim, relational_slim
Examples: height to weight; brain size to body size; root to shoot ratio; urinary sodium to potassium ratio. waist-hip ratio.