(poker) A measure of the health of one's stack: the stack divided by the sum of the small blind, the big blind and the antes of each player. The result (M) is the time (the number of orbits) it would take for one's chips to deplete if the player only passively places their forced bets and otherwise folds.

plural of ratio scale

(chemistry) The stoichiometric ratio of carbon to nitrogen to phosphorus in the deep ocean.

(finance) Liquid assets divided by current liabilities; a measure of a company's ability to meet its short-term financial obligations.

(finance) Current assets divided by current liabilities; a measure of a company's ability to cover its current or short-term financial obligations.

(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.

(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.

Synonym of Gini coefficient

(law) legal philosophy under which penal redress to crime should only be used as a measure of last resort

(film, television) The ratio between the total duration of footage created for possible use in a project and the duration used in the final cut.