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noun

the minimum acceptable ratio between the amplitudes of a wanted radio or television broadcast signal and any interfering signal

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How to use protection ratio in a sentence

Satirists occupy a perilous position—to skewer dogma and cant, and to antagonize the establishment while needing its protection.
Harry Shearer on The Dangerous Business of Satire|Lloyd Grove|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
As for the federal authorities, they have made themselves available but the clergy have not requested special protection.
Mexico’s Priests Are Marked for Murder|Jason McGahan|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Carlisle writes that the Air Force would want a crew ratio of 10 to one for each drone orbit during normal everyday operations.
Exclusive: U.S. Drone Fleet at ‘Breaking Point,’ Air Force Says|Dave Majumdar|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
During an emergency that ratio could be allowed to drop to 8.5 people per orbit.
Exclusive: U.S. Drone Fleet at ‘Breaking Point,’ Air Force Says|Dave Majumdar|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST

However, the Air Force is so strapped for people that the ratio has dropped below even that reduced level.
Exclusive: U.S. Drone Fleet at ‘Breaking Point,’ Air Force Says|Dave Majumdar|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Were they to be driven out,—driven out this very day, when the Virgin had only just now seemed to promise her help and protection?
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
The fervor of an Englishman's loyalty is usually in a direct ratio with the extent of his material possessions.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
Otherwise the thin-walled houses would have been slight protection for the sleeping travellers.
Our Little Korean Cousin|H. Lee M. Pike
This ratio constitutes one of the most important points in diagnosis, since it is practically unknown in other diseases.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
On the city side, narrow lanes, lofty houses and strongly-built palaces offered secure protection to the besiegers.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy