Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ratiometric

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ra-tio-met-ric
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating to the measurement of the ratio between two or more factors

Etymology

Etymology tree English ratio Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Hellenic *-tron Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron) Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek μετρῐκός (metrĭkós)bor. ▲ Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron)der. Latin metrum Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin metricusder. French -métriquebor. English -metric English ratiometric From ratio + -metric.

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Questions

What does ratiometric mean?
Describing any system in which an output is directly proportional to an input
Where does ratiometric come from?
Etymology tree English ratio Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Hellenic *-tron Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron) Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek μετρῐκός (metrĭkós)bor. ▲ Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron)der. Latin metrum Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin metricusder. French -métriquebor. English -metric English ratiometric From ratio + -metric.

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