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inverse ratio

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inverse ratio [¦in‚vərs ′rā·shō]
(mathematics)
The reciprocal of the ratio of two quantities. Also known as reciprocal ratio.


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Customs have been handed down by ages of repetition, but the punishment for ignoring a custom is a matter for individual treatment by a jury of the culprit's peers, and I may say that justice seldom misses fire, but seems rather to rule in inverse ratio to the ascendency of law.
I could understand the reason for this, as with the narrowing expanse of Omean as the waters rose toward the apex of its dome, the rapidity of its rise would increase in inverse ratio to the ever-lessening space to be filled.
 
 
 
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