Sentence examples for or proportion from inspiring English sources

The "metallicity"—or proportion of heavy elements in stars, for instance, seems to increase with stellar age.

Values are expressed as means ± SD, odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) or proportion.

It's a matter or proportion and focus.

The hedge positions usually are of the same size or proportion as the actual positions.

But his most sterling virtue — strangely, for so great a dancer — is modesty, or proportion.

Maier says that she could pick out the slightest imperfection in fit or proportion.

The company would not disclose the number or proportion of lenders using older FICO scoring models.

"More than 2 to 1″ is a ratio or proportion (and also doesn't need hyphens here).

Properly understood, a "quota" is a program in which a certain fixed number or proportion of opportunities are "reserved exclusively for certain minority groups".

Nature undisturbed is not constant in form, structure or proportion, but changes at every scale of time and space".

The change would alter the so-called quotas, or proportion of funds, held at the I.M.F. by different members.