Even though no one would have blamed Mrs. Dubose if she had wanted to leave this world in narcotic bliss, she decided to try to do what she felt was right, no matter how impossible it seemed or how painful it was. Hmm, sounds like a person whose name begins with A and ends with tticus.. 1  BACK. 2  NEXT.
A ratio is the proportional amount of one quantity relative to another quantity. It's like a fraction, or at least a fraction is one type of ratio.
Poisson's ratio (letter v) is a measure of the contraction that happens when an object is stretched.or example, if a block is being stretched as shown in the image to the right, the equation for the poisson's ratio will be: Poisson's ratio ranges from 0.0-0.5 for common materials, though for materials with certain structures, can be as low as -1.