Title: relative
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - relative
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.R05255
Status: current

Definition
Quotient of quantities having the same kind-of-quantity in different systems.

Notes
1) The denominator quantity is often called the reference quantity.
2) Preferentially the same component is found in the numerator and denominator quantity.

Related Term
- kind-of-quantity: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/K03393

Source
- PAC, 1996, 68, 957. 'Glossary of terms in quantities and units in Clinical Chemistry (IUPAC-IFCC Recommendations 1996)' on page 989 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199668040957)

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Citation: Citation: 'relative' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.R05255
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