Debt-to-equity ratio On a balance sheet, the formal definition is that debt (liabilities) plus equity equals assets, or any equivalent reformulation. Both the formulas below are therefore identical: Debt to equity can also be reformulated in terms of assets or debt: General Electric Co. () Debt-to-equity ratio The debt-to-equity ratio (D/E) is a financial ratio indicating the relative proportion of shareholders' equity and debt used to finance a company's assets. Closely related to leveraging, the ratio is also known as risk, gearing or leverage. The two components are often taken from the firm's balance sheet or statement of financial position (so-called book
Epicyclic gearing through the heavens, and even to correct for the nine-year precession of that path. (The Greeks would have seen it not as elliptical, but rather as epicyclic motion.) "Epicyclic gearing" or "planetary gearing" is a gear system consisting of one or more outer gears, or "planet" gears, revolving about a central, or "sun" gear. Typically, the planet gears are mounted on a movable arm or "carrier", which itself may rotate relative to the sun gear. Epicyclic gearing systems also incorporate the use of an outer "ring" gear or "annulus", which meshes with the planet gears. Planetary gears (or epicyclic gears)