Search Result for "respiratory quotient":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the ratio of the volume of carbon dioxide expired to the volume of oxygen consumed by an organism or cell in a given period of time; 



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

respiratory quotient
    n 1: the ratio of the volume of carbon dioxide expired to the
         volume of oxygen consumed by an organism or cell in a given
         period of time