 | Benjamin Peirce - 1847 - 204 σελίδες
...ratio of A to B is A : B, or it may just as well A be written in the form of a fraction, as — . B The first term of a ratio is called the antecedent, and the second the consequent. Thus, A is the antecedent of the preceding ratio, and B its consequent. The value of... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - 1850 - 314 σελίδες
...[L. doctrinal Whatever is taught ; a principle ; learning ; knowledge; the truths of the gospel. 2. The first term of a ratio is called the ANTECEDENT, and the second, the CONSEQUENT, and both together form a COUPLET, as 12 : 3. Here 12 is the Antecedent, and 3 the Consequent.... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1852 - 348 σελίδες
...Thus, The ratio of 12 to 4 is expressed by 12 : 4. " 19 to 9 " " by 19 : 9. " a to * " " by a : b. 328. The first term of a ratio is called the Antecedent, and the last term the Consequent. The antecedents in the preceding ratios are therefore 12, 19, and a; 'and... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - 1856 - 334 σελίδες
...principle Learning; knowledge the truths of the gosiwl. S DEDUCED, [L. dedvco.] Drawn from; Inferred. 3. The first term of a ratio is called the ANTECEDENT, and the second, the CONSEQUENT, and both together form a COUPLET, as 12 : 3. Here 12 is the Antecedent, and 3 the Consequent.... | |
 | Samuel Alsop - 1856 - 152 σελίδες
...: b; which are read 3 to 5 and a to b, express the ratio which 3 bears to 5 and a bears to b. §87. The first term of a ratio is called the antecedent, and the second the consequent. §88. The ratio which the product of the antecedents of several ratios bears to the... | |
 | Charles Elsee - 1866 - 300 σελίδες
...a colon between them ; thus the above ratios may be written 12 : 3 ; £5 : £2 ; 29 days : i year. The first term of a ratio is called the antecedent; and the second, the consequent : and if these are interchanged, the ratio is said to be the inverse of what it was... | |
 | William Frothingham Bradbury - 1868 - 264 σελίδες
...a divided by b. 193. The TERMS of a ratio are the quantities compared, whether simple or compound. The first term of a ratio is called the antecedent, and the other the consequent ; and the two terms together are called a couplet. 194. An INVERSE, or RECIPROCAL... | |
 | Thomas Brown (of Dublin.) - 1869 - 88 σελίδες
...is the number of times the former contains the latter. Thus the ratio of 6 : 3 is 2 ; of 3 : 6 is |. The first term of a ratio is called the antecedent ; and the second the consequent. 93X9 =lac.2r.39p. 480 2. To reduce degrees of temperature of the Centigrade Thermometer... | |
 | Charles Elsee - 1873 - 320 σελίδες
...will be observed that a quantity cannot have a ratio to another unless it is of the same kind with it. The first term of a ratio is called the antecedent, and the second the consequent. If the antecedent is equal to the consequent, the ratio is said to be one of equality... | |
 | Richard Wormell - 1876 - 268 σελίδες
...kind is the relation between them in respect to the number of times the first contains the second. 56. The first term of a ratio is called the antecedent and the second term the consequent. 57. In considering the ratio of two magnitudes three cases may occur : — 1. The first may be a multiple... | |
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The first term of a ratio is called the antecedent, and the second term the consequent. 
