From: "Dr. Adrian Wrigley" <amtw@linuxchip.demon.co.uk.uk.uk>
Subject: Re: The right term: perunitage?
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 00:15:10 GMT
Date: 2005-03-16T00:15:10+00:00 [thread overview]
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On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 23:24:50 +0000, Marius Amado Alves wrote:
>> Fraction!
>
> Does that include the upper bound of 1?
Yes. "Fraction" is probably the most common technical
term for the concept you describe.
"a fraction is part of an entire object"
"what fraction of the energy is lost on impact?"
in chemistry "mass fraction"
in statistics "sampling fraction"
in cardiology "ejection fraction"
in meteorology "cloud fraction"
etc.
we have "decimal fractions" (generally 0.0 to 1.0)
and "proper fractions" like 3/5, 1/4
and "improper fractions" like 7/5
but "proportion" is also good.
--
Adrian
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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
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 [this message]
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