mass ratio
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The mass ratio was determined with a relative uncertainty of 3×10-8.
From Science Daily • Feb. 27, 2024
The mass ratio of the newly found planet with its host star is more than 100 times higher than that of Earth and the sun.
From Science Daily • Nov. 30, 2023
Using some theoretical results enabled them to determine the deuteron to proton mass ratio to 4.5 parts per trillion, they report in a paper in press at Physical Review Letters.
From Science Magazine • Nov. 30, 2021
It is worth noting that although all samples of a particular compound have the same mass ratio, the converse is not true in general.
From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019
My interpretation of the definitions of specific impulse and mass ratio especially seemed to impress him.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
![]()
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.