Overall pressure ratio

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In aeronautical engineering, overall pressure ratio, or overall compression ratio, is the ratio of the stagnation pressure as measured at the front and rear of the compressor of a gas turbine engine. The terms compression ratio and pressure ratio are used interchangeably.^[1] Overall compression ratio also means the overall cycle pressure ratio which includes intake ram.^[2]