From: "Dr. Adrian Wrigley" <amtw@linuxchip.demon.co.uk.uk.uk>
Subject: Re: The right term: perunitage?
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 22:43:09 GMT
Date: 2005-03-15T22:43:09+00:00 [thread overview]
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On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 14:26:47 +0000, 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?
>
> Thanks a lot.
Fraction!
--
Adrian
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Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
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
2005-03-15 16:38 ` Marius Amado Alves
2005-03-15 22:43 ` Dr. Adrian Wrigley [this message]
2005-03-15 23:24 ` Marius Amado Alves
2005-03-16 0:15 ` Dr. Adrian Wrigley
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