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1. (n.) ratio
the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second:
the ratio of 5 to 2, written 5:2 or 5/2.
2. ratio
proportional relation; rate:
the ratio between acceptances and rejections.
3. ratio
the relative value of gold and silver when both are used as a country's monetary standard.
Etymology: (1630–40; < L ratiō reckoning, proportion)
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1. (noun) ratio
the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient)
2. (noun) proportion, ratio
the relation between things (or parts of things) with respect to their comparative quantity, magnitude, or degree
"an inordinate proportion of the book is given over to quotations"; "a dry martini has a large proportion of gin"
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1. (noun) ratio
the relationship between two groups, shown as a number
We spent more on research than them by a ratio of 2 to 1.; the ratio of boys to girls in the class
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1. (noun) Ratio
the relation which one quantity or magnitude has to another of the same kind. It is expressed by the quotient of the division of the first by the second; thus, the ratio of 3 to 6 is expressed by / or /; of a to b by a/b; or (less commonly) the second term is made the dividend; as, a:b = b/a
2. (noun) Ratio
hence, fixed relation of number, quantity, or degree; rate; proportion; as, the ratio of representation in Congress
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Sense: the amount or proportion of one thing compared to another
There is a ratio of two girls to one boy in this class.
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 Afrikaans: verhouding |
 Arabic: نِسْبَه |
 Bulgarian: пропорция |
 Brazilian: proporção |
 Czech: poměr |
 German: das Verhältnis |
 Danish: forhold |
 Greek: αναλογία |
 Spanish: proporción |
 Estonian: suhe |
 Farsi: نسبت |
 Finnish: suhde |
 French: proportion |
 Hebrew: יַחַס |
 Hindi: अनुपात |
 Croatian: omjer |
 Hungarian: (arány)szám |
 Indonesian: perbandingan |
 Icelandic: hlutfall |
 Italian: proporzione |
 Japanese: 比 |
 Korean: 비율 |
 Lithuanian: proporcija, santykis |
 Latvian: proporcija; attiecība |
 Malay: nisbah |
 Dutch: verhouding |
 Norwegian: forhold |
 Polish: stosunek (liczbowy) |
 Persian: نسبت |
 Pashto: نسبت |
 Portuguese: proporção |
 Romanian: raport, proporţie |
 Russian: пропорция |
 Slovak: pomer |
 Slovenian: razmerje |
 Serbian: odnos |
 Swedish: förhållande, proportion |
 Thai: อัตราส่วน |
 Turkish: oran, nisbet |
 Taiwanese: 比例，比率 |
 Ukrainian: коефіцієнт; співвідношенн |
 Urdu: تناسب |
 Vietnamese: tỷ lệ |
 Chinese: 比例，比率 |
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