RESPIRATORY QUOTIENT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

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Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Hypernyms ("respiratory quotient" is a kind of...):

ratio (the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient))

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