Term: crime rate: the ratio of crimes in an area to the population of that area; expressed per 1000 population per year
Candidate hypernym: rate: a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit → 1
Candidate hypernym: enervation: surgical removal of a nerve → 0
Candidate hypernym: nautical mile: a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude → 0
Candidate hypernym: method of choice: the best method to achieve a desired result → 0
Candidate hypernym: accusative: the case of nouns serving as the direct object of a verb → 0
Candidate hypernym: saltation: (genetics) a mutation that drastically changes the phenotype of an organism or species → 0
Candidate hypernym: congratulation: the act of acknowledging that someone has an occasion for celebration → 0
Candidate hypernym: rheology: the branch of physics that studies the deformation and flow of matter → 0
Candidate hypernym: epicardium: the innermost of the two layers of the pericardium → 0
Candidate hypernym: gerontologist: a specialist in gerontology → 0
Candidate hypernym: bell ringing: playing a set of bells that are (usually) hung in a tower → 0