HyperDic: respiratory_quotient

English > 1 sense of the expression respiratory quotient:
NOUNrelationrespiratory quotientthe 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
English > respiratory quotient: 1 sense > noun 1, relation
MeaningThe 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.
BroaderratioThe relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient)

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