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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

relation go
an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together

magnitude relation, quantitative relation go
a relation between magnitudes

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

quotient go
the ratio of two quantities to be divided

proportion
the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole

noun.relation

8 Subcategories

case-fatality proportion go
the number of cases of a disease ending in death divided by the number of cases of the disease
case-to-infection proportion, case-to-infection ratio go
the number of cases of a disease divided by the number of infections with the agent that causes the disease
content go
the proportion of a substance that is contained in a mixture or alloy etc.
rate go
a quantity or amount or measure considered as a proportion of another quantity or amount or measure
scale go
the ratio between the size of something and a representation of it
golden mean, golden section go
the proportional relation between two divisions of line or two dimension of a plane figure such that short : long :: long : (short + long)
percentage, percent, per centum, pct go
a proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred)
batting average go
(an extension of the baseball term) the proportion of times some effort succeeds