geometric ratio
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of geometric ratio
First recorded in 1800–10
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If you’re planning on stuffing your face with pie on Saturday in honor of the geometric ratio whose digits march on to infinity, you’ll probably take two things for granted.
From Slate ● Mar. 13, 2015
That this tendency to increase in some geometric ratio applies also to man is evident from all of the facts which we know concerning human populations.
From Sociology and Modern Social Problems by Charles A. (Charles Abram) Ellwood
This illustration shows the enormous possibilities of any species reproducing in geometric ratio, as all species in order to survive must do.
From Sociology and Modern Social Problems by Charles A. (Charles Abram) Ellwood
Every species normally increases, therefore, in some geometric ratio.
From Sociology and Modern Social Problems by Charles A. (Charles Abram) Ellwood
Now, this tendency to reproduce in some geometric ratio, which characterizes all living organisms, means that any species, if left to itself, would soon reach such numbers as to occupy the whole earth.
From Sociology and Modern Social Problems by Charles A. (Charles Abram) Ellwood
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