See also: incorporation. INFUSION, med. jur. A pharmaceutical operation, which consists in pouring a hot or cold fluid upon a substance, whose medical properties it is desired to extract. Infusion is also used for the product of this operation.
A proportion is an equation with a ratio on each side. It is a statement that two ratios are equal. 3/4 = 6/8 is an example of a proportion. When one of the four numbers in a proportion is unknown, cross products may be used to find the unknown number.
Example. Ratios can have more than two numbers ! For example concrete is made by mixing cement, sand, stones and water. A typical mix of cement, sand and stones is written as a ratio, such as 1:2:6. We can multiply all values by the same amount and still have the same ratio.