per · ratio

for each

Per (adjective) means: for each. It emerges from part, regular: each part of a thing is with a thing and the pattern is again. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 2, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

Examples

• A car's fuel efficiency is 25 miles per gallon, measured in real-world driving tests by the EPA. engineering
• The minimum wage in California was $15 per hour for all employers as of 2022. economics
• Neurons in the visual cortex fire 30 times per second when exposed to flashing light at 10 Hz in macaque monkeys. biology

Emergence

Chain to foundations

Neighborhood

Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.

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