Definition:Corresponding Magnitudes

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Definition

Let $R_1 = a : b$ and $R_2 = c : d$ be ratios.

Then the corresponding magnitudes of $a$ and $b$ in $R_2$ are $c$ and $d$ respectively.


As Euclid defined it:

The term corresponding magnitudes is used of antecedents in relation to antecedents, and of consequents in relation to consequents.

(The Elements: Book V: Definition $11$)

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