Term: respiratory quotient: the ratio of the volume of carbon dioxide expired to the volume of oxygen consumed by an organism or cell in a given period of time
Candidate hypernym: ratio: the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient) → 1
Candidate hypernym: follow-on: an immediate second innings forced on a cricket team scoring a prescribed number of runs fewer than its opponents in the first innings → 0
Candidate hypernym: desorption: changing from an adsorbed state on a surface to a gaseous or liquid state → 0
Candidate hypernym: cheyenne: the Algonquian language spoken by the Cheyenne → 0
Candidate hypernym: triangle: a three-sided polygon → 0
Candidate hypernym: vacuum flask: flask with double walls separated by vacuum; used to maintain substances at high or low temperatures → 0
Candidate hypernym: selaginellaceae: lesser club mosses: terrestrial chiefly tropical plants resembling mosses → 0
Candidate hypernym: capitalist: a conservative advocate of capitalism → 0
Candidate hypernym: goldbrick: a brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not → 0
Candidate hypernym: magnetic storm: a sudden disturbance of the earth's magnetic field; caused by emission of particles from the sun → 0
Candidate hypernym: illusion: something many people believe that is false → 0