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mass ratio

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noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In addition, the energies of H2+ depend on fundamental constants of physics such as the proton-electron mass ratio.

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

In compound B, the mass ratio of oxygen to carbon is:

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

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