Q-ratio

[ kyoo-rey-shoh, -shee-oh ]

/ Ë?kyuËŒreÉª Ê?oÊŠ, -Ê?iËŒoÊŠ /

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noun

the ratio of the total market value of a corporation's physical assets, as existing plants and equipment, to the cost of replacing these assets.

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ARE YOU A TRUE BLUE CHAMPION OF THESE "BLUE" SYNONYMS?

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Which of the following words describes â€œsky blueâ€?

navy

beryl

azure

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Words nearby Q-ratio

QP, qq., qq. hor., qq. v., QR, Q-ratio, QR code, QRP, QRS complex, q.s., Q-ship

How to use Q-ratio in a sentence

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 â€?Breaking Point,â€™ 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 â€?Breaking Point,â€™ 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 â€?Breaking Point,â€™ Air Force Says|Dave Majumdar|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The Italian navy tweeted regular updates of the saved-to-stranded passenger ratio.
â€?Weâ€™re Going to Dieâ€™: Survivors Recount Greek Ferry Fire Horror|Barbie Latza Nadeau|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST

From that, they extracted the ratio of the number of deuterium atoms to the number of hydrogen atoms.
Are Comets the Origin of Earthâ€™s Oceans?|Matthew R. Francis|December 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Q was a Queen, who wore a silk slip; R was a Robber, and wanted a whip.
Boys and Girls Bookshelf; a Practical Plan of Character Building, Volume I (of 17)|Various
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
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
The service is practically the same, but the ratio of charges is from two to three times higher in the coffee room.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car|Thomas D. Murphy
Four hundred thousand pounds probably bore as great a ratio to the wealth of Scotland then as forty millions would bear now.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay

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