plural of ratchet jaw

(slang) An excessively talkative CB radio user; a chatterbox.

(computing, historical) In cathode-ray-tube storage systems, the number of times that a value can be read from a given cell without corrupting adjacent stored values.

(statistics, medicine) A measure of the chance of an event in one group compared to that of another at a particular time or over a subset of a study's time; the ratio between two groups' hazard rates.

The number of bushels of corn equal in value to 100 pounds of live hogs, used by farmers to decide whether it is more lucrative to sell their corn or to feed hogs with it and sell those.

Synonym of hog-corn ratio

(finance) A measurement of the returns earned in excess of that which could have been earned on an investment that has no diversifiable risk, per unit of market risk assumed.

(law) A standard for judicial review, according to which a law must be rationally related to a legitimate state interest.

(pathology, epidemiology, statistics) A percentage derived by the division of the number of fatalities by the number of confirmed (diagnosed) cases (sufferers) of a disease.

(colloquial) Of a medal or award: to be given out somewhat indiscriminately to a large number of people.