From: "Alex R. Mosteo" <devnull@mailinator.com>
Subject: Re: The right term: perunitage?
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 15:41:56 +0100
Date: 2005-03-15T15:41:56+01:00 [thread overview]
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Marius Amado Alves wrote:
> Sorry for the possible OT-ness.
>
> What is the standard mathematical/engineering term, if any, for a rate
> expressed as a real number between 0 and 1?
>
> "Uniformly_Distributed" sounds too domain-bound. And it's horribly long.
>
> "Percentage" made me think of "perunitage" but this does not exist, right?
In spanish we have "tanto por ciento" (percentage) and "tanto por uno"
which is exactly the term you say... I know this doesn't help you alas...
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2005-03-15 14:26 The right term: perunitage? Marius Amado Alves
2005-03-15 14:33 ` Jarimatti Valkonen
2005-03-15 14:41 ` Alex R. Mosteo [this message]
2005-03-15 16:38 ` Marius Amado Alves
2005-03-15 22:43 ` Dr. Adrian Wrigley
2005-03-15 23:24 ` Marius Amado Alves
2005-03-16 0:15 ` Dr. Adrian Wrigley
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