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
Broader: ratio: the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient) | Unrelated: 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
Broader: ratio: the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient) | Unrelated: desorption: changing from an adsorbed state on a surface to a gaseous or liquid state
Broader: ratio: the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient) | Unrelated: cheyenne: the Algonquian language spoken by the Cheyenne
Broader: ratio: the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient) | Unrelated: triangle: a three-sided polygon
Broader: ratio: the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient) | Unrelated: vacuum flask: flask with double walls separated by vacuum; used to maintain substances at high or low temperatures
Broader: ratio: the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient) | Unrelated: selaginellaceae: lesser club mosses: terrestrial chiefly tropical plants resembling mosses
Broader: ratio: the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient) | Unrelated: capitalist: a conservative advocate of capitalism
Broader: ratio: the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient) | Unrelated: goldbrick: a brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not
Broader: ratio: the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient) | Unrelated: magnetic storm: a sudden disturbance of the earth's magnetic field; caused by emission of particles from the sun
Broader: ratio: the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient) | Unrelated: illusion: something many people believe that is false