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S: (n) employee turnover (employee_turnover%1:24:00::), turnover rate (turnover_rate%1:24:00::), turnover (turnover%1:24:00::) (the ratio of the number of workers that had to be replaced in a given time period to the average number of workers)

direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term

S: (n) ratio (ratio%1:24:01::) (the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient))

S: (n) margin of profit (margin_of_profit%1:21:00::), profit margin (profit_margin%1:21:00::), gross margin (gross_margin%1:21:00::) (the ratio gross profits divided by net sales)
S: (n) abundance (abundance%1:24:00::) ((chemistry) the ratio of the total mass of an element in the earth's crust to the total mass of the earth's crust; expressed as a percentage or in parts per million)
S: (n) abundance (abundance%1:24:01::) ((physics) the ratio of the number of atoms of a specific isotope of an element to the total number of isotopes present)
S: (n) albedo (albedo%1:24:00::), reflective power (reflective_power%1:24:00::) (the ratio of reflected to incident light)
S: (n) aspect ratio (aspect_ratio%1:24:00::) (the ratio of the width to the height of a tv picture)
S: (n) average (average%1:24:00::) ((sports) the ratio of successful performances to opportunities)
S: (n) cephalic index (cephalic_index%1:24:00::), breadth index (breadth_index%1:24:00::), cranial index (cranial_index%1:24:00::) (ratio (in percent) of the maximum breadth to the maximum length of a skull)
S: (n) efficiency (efficiency%1:24:00::) (the ratio of the output to the input of any system)
S: (n) facial index (facial_index%1:24:00::) (the ratio (in percent) of the maximum width to the maximum height of the face)
S: (n) focal ratio (focal_ratio%1:24:00::), f number (f_number%1:24:00::), stop number (stop_number%1:24:00::), speed (speed%1:24:00::) (the ratio of the focal length to the diameter of a (camera) lens system)
S: (n) frequency (frequency%1:24:00::), relative frequency (relative_frequency%1:24:00::) (the ratio of the number of observations in a statistical category to the total number of observations)
S: (n) hematocrit (hematocrit%1:24:00::), haematocrit (haematocrit%1:24:00::), packed cell volume (packed_cell_volume%1:24:00::) (the ratio of the volume occupied by packed red blood cells to the volume of the whole blood as measured by a hematocrit)
S: (n) intelligence quotient (intelligence_quotient%1:24:00::), IQ (iq%1:24:00::), I.Q. (i.q.%1:24:00::) (a measure of a person's intelligence as indicated by an intelligence test; the ratio of a person's mental age to their chronological age (multiplied by 100))
S: (n) load factor (load_factor%1:24:00::) ((aeronautics) the ratio of an external load to the weight of the aircraft (measured in g))
S: (n) loss ratio (loss_ratio%1:24:00::) (the ratio of the annual claims paid by an insurance company to the premiums received)
S: (n) Mach number (mach_number%1:24:00::) (the ratio of the speed of a moving body to the speed of sound)
S: (n) magnification (magnification%1:24:00::) (the ratio of the size of an image to the size of the object)
S: (n) mechanical advantage (mechanical_advantage%1:24:00::) (the ratio of the force exerted by a machine to the force applied to it)
S: (n) mileage (mileage%1:24:00::), fuel consumption rate (fuel_consumption_rate%1:24:00::), gasoline mileage (gasoline_mileage%1:24:00::), gas mileage (gas_mileage%1:24:00::) (the ratio of the number of miles traveled to the number of gallons of gasoline burned)
S: (n) odds (odds%1:24:00::), betting odds (betting_odds%1:24:00::) (the ratio by which one better's wager is greater than that of another) "he offered odds of two to one"
S: (n) order of magnitude (order_of_magnitude%1:24:00::), magnitude (magnitude%1:24:00::) (a number assigned to the ratio of two quantities; two quantities are of the same order of magnitude if one is less than 10 times as large as the other; the number of magnitudes that the quantities differ is specified to within a power of 10)
S: (n) output-to-input ratio (output-to-input_ratio%1:24:00::) (the output power of a transducer divided by the input power)
S: (n) prevalence (prevalence%1:24:00::) ((epidemiology) the ratio (for a given time period) of the number of occurrences of a disease or event to the number of units at risk in the population)
S: (n) price-to-earnings ratio (price-to-earnings_ratio%1:24:00::), P/E ratio (p/e_ratio%1:24:00::) ((stock market) the price of a stock divided by its earnings)
S: (n) productivity (productivity%1:24:00::) ((economics) the ratio of the quantity and quality of units produced to the labor per unit of time)
S: (n) proportionality (proportionality%1:24:00::) (a ratio of two quantities that is constant)
S: (n) quotient (quotient%1:24:00::) (the ratio of two quantities to be divided)
S: (n) refractive index (refractive_index%1:24:00::), index of refraction (index_of_refraction%1:24:00::) (the ratio of the velocity of light in a vacuum to that in a medium)
S: (n) relative humidity (relative_humidity%1:24:00::) (the ratio of the amount of water in the air at a given temperature to the maximum amount it could hold at that temperature; expressed as a percentage)
S: (n) respiratory quotient (respiratory_quotient%1:24:00::) (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)
S: (n) safety factor (safety_factor%1:24:00::), factor of safety (factor_of_safety%1:24:00::) (the ratio of the breaking stress of a structure to the estimated maximum stress in ordinary use)
S: (n) signal-to-noise ratio (signal-to-noise_ratio%1:24:00::), signal-to-noise (signal-to-noise%1:24:00::), signal/noise ratio (signal/noise_ratio%1:24:00::), signal/noise (signal/noise%1:24:00::), S/N (s/n%1:24:00::) (the ratio of signal intensity to noise intensity)
S: (n) stoichiometry (stoichiometry%1:24:00::) ((chemistry) the relation between the quantities of substances that take part in a reaction or form a compound (typically a ratio of whole integers))
S: (n) time constant (time_constant%1:24:00::) (the ratio of the inductance of a circuit in henries to its resistance in ohms)
S: (n) employee turnover (employee_turnover%1:24:00::), turnover rate (turnover_rate%1:24:00::), turnover (turnover%1:24:00::) (the ratio of the number of workers that had to be replaced in a given time period to the average number of workers)
S: (n) loading (loading%1:24:00::) (the ratio of the gross weight of an airplane to some factor determining its lift)
S: (n) eccentricity (eccentricity%1:25:00::) ((geometry) a ratio describing the shape of a conic section; the ratio of the distance between the foci to the length of the major axis) "a circle is an ellipse with zero eccentricity"

S: (n) turnover (turnover%1:13:00::) (a dish made by folding a piece of pastry over a filling)
S: (n) dollar volume (dollar_volume%1:07:00::), turnover (turnover%1:07:00::) (the volume measured in dollars) "the store's dollar volume continues to rise"
S: (n) upset (upset%1:04:02::), overturn (overturn%1:04:00::), turnover (turnover%1:04:00::) (the act of upsetting something) "he was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed"

direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term

S: (n) inversion (inversion%1:04:00::), upending (upending%1:04:00::) (turning upside down; setting on end)

derivationally related form