mass ratio


noun
  1. the ratio of the mass of a fully-fuelled rocket at liftoff to the mass of the rocket without fuel

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How to use mass ratio in a sentence

  • With contragravity, of course, terms like "escape-velocity" and "mass-ratio" were of purely antiquarian interest.

    Uller Uprising | Henry Beam Piper, John D. Clark and John F. Carr
  • The mass ratio necessary to inject the Aztec into its moon trajectory had precluded fuel beyond the absolute minimum needed.

    First on the Moon | Jeff Sutton