What does hlutfall in Icelandic mean?

What is the meaning of the word hlutfall in Icelandic? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use hlutfall in Icelandic.

The word hlutfall in Icelandic means ratio, proportion, rate, proportionality. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word hlutfall

ratio

noun (number representing comparison)

Skala hlut gegnum punkt miðað við hlutfall gefið af lengd striks
Scale an object over a point, by the ratio given by the length of two segments

proportion

noun

Listamenn hafa lengi vitað að hið gullna hlutfall gleður mannsaugað.
Artists have long recognized the golden proportion as the most pleasing to our eyes.

rate

noun

Ef núverandi hlutfall stöðugt fleiri hjónaskilnaða minnkar ekki, munu jafnvel enn fleiri hjónabönd fá hörmulegan endi.
Unless the present rate of ever-increasing divorces diminishes, even more marriages will come to a tragic end.

proportionality

noun (In mathematics, two variables are proportional if a change in one is always accompanied by a change in the other, and if the changes are always related by use of a constant.)

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Hann fær æ fleiri sjúklinga með húðsjúkdóma, sólbrunatilfelli hafa rokið upp úr öllu valdi og hlutfall hins hættulega sortuæxlis í nýjum húðkrabbameinstilfellum er fimmfalt hærra en venjulega.
He sees more and more patients with skin problems, sunburn cases have flared up, and the proportion of new skin-cancer cases that are the more dangerous melanoma cancers is five times the norm.
Ef við mælum hversu hátt hlutfall kolefnis-14 er eftir í leifum lifandi veru getum við sagt til um hversu langt er síðan hún dó.
So, in principle, if we measure the proportion of carbon 14 remaining in something that once was alive, we can tell how long it has been dead.
Þetta hlutfall, ásamt hlutfalli Re-187/Os-187, hefur víða verið notað til að aldursgreina jarðneskt grjót og einnig grjót úr loftsteinum.
This ratio, as well as the 187Re/188Os ratio, have been used extensively in dating terrestrial as well as meteoric rocks.
Þetta er það hlutfall verkefnisins sem þegar er lokið
This is the percentage of the task which has completed up to this point
Hér á landi notar hver íbúi meiri orku en þekkist annars staðar og sömuleiðis er hlutfall endurnýjanlegra orkugjafa óvenju hátt.
The South has been slower to adopt renewable energy technologies than many other parts of the country, thus prolonging dependence on high-risk energy sources.
Hvað veldur því að jurtir nota þetta athyglisverða hlutfall til að staðsetja nýja vaxtarsprota?
What makes plants form new growths precisely at this intriguing angle?
Engar nákvæmar tölur eru um hlutfall sjía af fjölda múslima í heiminum.
There is no reliable data on the number of practicing Muslims.
Skiptar skoðanir voru um árangurinn, t.a.m. fékk sameiginlega framboðið í Reykjavík lægra hlutfall atkvæða en vinstrimenn höfðu náð fjórum árum fyrr.
As the backer of the plan, Fukuoka Prefecture frequently entered into compensation negotiations, but talks continued at length for 3 years.
Árið 2008 varð hann Ólympíumeistari og var kosinn besti markvörður mótsins með 41% hlutfall af vörðum skotum.
In 2008, he became Olympic champion after an excellent tournament where he was voted best goalkeeper with a rate of 41% shots saved all over the competition.
Árið 1980 var þetta hlutfall orðið um tveir af fimm en núna er enska móðurmál aðeins eins af hverjum fimm vottum.
By 1980 that ratio had changed to about 2 out of 5, and today the native language of only 1 out of every 5 Witnesses is English.
Ég er ánægð að Partridge fær borða, hvenær sem hlutfall.
I am glad that the partridge gets fed, at any rate.
Þetta hlutfall ræðst í fyrsta lagi af myndunarhraða þess vegna áhrifa geimgeisla.
That level depends, in the first instance, on the rate at which it is produced by cosmic rays.
Aðeins Ísland er með hærra hlutfall (30%).
Only very rarely do humans have a shoulder breadth of 30%.)
Hlutfall 26Al og 10Be hefur verið notað til að rannsaka hlutverk flutnings, setmyndunar, setmyndunartíma og veðrunar á tímakvarðanum 105 til 106 ár.
The ratio of 26Al to 10Be has been used to study the role of sediment transport, deposition, and storage, as well as burial times, and erosion, on 105 to 106 year time scales.
Þú ert að kenna, herra minn, hlutfall hennar svo.
You are to blame, my lord, to rate her so.
Á allir hlutfall sá hann enn að baki honum ekkert hafði breyst.
At any rate he still saw that behind him nothing had changed.
Þessi mynd sýnir nútíma eftirmynd af musteri Heródesar (hlutfall 1:50) eins og talið er að það hafi verið árið 67 e.Kr.
This photograph shows a model of the temple of Herod (1:50 scale ratio) as it was thought to be in A.D. 67.
Hæsta hlutfall sjálfseignaríbúđarhúsnæđis.
The highest home ownership in history.
Fyrir vikið varð hlutfall ógildra atkvæða mjög hátt.
By 2000, adoption of electronic bill payment systems started to dramatically increase.
Skala hlut gegnum punkt miðað við hlutfall gefið af lengd striks
Construct a circle with the diameter given by the length of this segment
Þegar sjúkdómsgreiningar eru ekki nógu nákvæmar, eru iðulega notuð breiðvirk sýklalyf, þ.e. sýklalyf sem drepa stórt hlutfall ýmissa bakteríutegunda en ekki einungis þær sem valda sjúkdómnum, vegna þess að ekki er vitað hvaða örverur orsaka hann.
Similarly when diagnoses are not accurately made, more often than not, broad-spectrum antibiotics, i.e. antibiotics that kill a large proportion of various bacteria and not only the bacteria responsible for the disease, are prescribed because the micro-organism responsible for the infection is not known.
Það er hærra en hlutfall þeirra sem óttast eiturlyfjafíkn (55 prósent), að verða áreittir af einhverjum fullorðnum (44 prósent) eða að smitast af kynsjúkdómum (24 prósent).
They make up a higher percentage than those who fear drugs (55 percent), being molested by an adult (44 percent), or contracting a sexually transmitted disease (24 percent).
Þrátt fyrir að það hlutfall sé ekki hærra er yfir helmingur nemanda í Cambridge- og Oxford-háskólunum menntaður í einkaskólum.
Just over half of students at the leading universities of Cambridge and Oxford had attended state schools.
Í áranna rás hefur mér oft lærst mikilvægi þess að rétt hlutfall sé haft á öllu í lífinu, líkt og við á um bílvélina, til að jafnvægis gæti í lífi okkar.
In the years since, I have had many opportunities to see that a proper balance is important not only in machinery maintenance but also in our own lives.
Þar er eitt hæsta hlutfall lestrarkunnáttu á vesturhveli jarðar.
One of the highest literacy rates in the Western Hemisphere

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