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In this country protection has always, to some extent, existed; but at some times it has been efficient, and at others not; and our tendency toward freedom or slavery has always been in the direct ratio of its efficiency or inefficiency.
Henry Charles Carey

Meaning of "ratio" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD RATIO

From Latin: a reckoning, from rērī to think.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF RATIO

ratio  [ˈreɪʃɪˌəʊ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RATIO

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ratio is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES RATIO MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Ratio

In mathematics, a ratio is a relationship between two numbers of the same kind, expressed as "a to b" or a:b, sometimes expressed arithmetically as a dimensionless quotient of the two that explicitly indicates how many times the first number contains the second. In layman's terms a ratio represents, for every amount of one thing, how much there is of another thing. For example, supposing one has 8 oranges and 6 lemons in a bowl of fruit, the ratio of oranges to lemons would be 4:3 while the ratio of lemons to oranges would be 3:4. Additionally, the ratio of oranges to the total amount of fruit is 4:7. The 4:7 ratio can be further converted to a fraction of 4/7 to represent how much of the fruit is oranges.

Definition of ratio in the English dictionary

The definition of ratio in the dictionary is a measure of the relative size of two classes expressible as a proportion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RATIO


adagio
əˈdɑːdʒɪˌəʊ
audio
ˈɔːdɪˌəʊ
braggadocio
ˌbræɡəˈdəʊtʃɪˌəʊ
cameo
ˈkæmɪˌəʊ
capriccio
kəˈprɪtʃɪˌəʊ
internuncio
ˌɪntəˈnʌnʃɪˌəʊ
Kuroshio
kəˈrəʊʃɪˌəʊ
Lashio
ˈlæʃɪˌəʊ
Mogadiscio
ˌmɒɡəˈdɪʃɪˌəʊ
mustachio
məˈstɑːʃɪˌəʊ
nuncio
ˈnʌnʃɪˌəʊ
olio
ˈəʊlɪˌəʊ
patio
ˈpætɪˌəʊ
petitio
pɪˈtɪʃɪˌəʊ
pistachio
pɪˈstɑːʃɪˌəʊ
rodeo
ˈrəʊdɪˌəʊ
scenario
sɪˈnɑːrɪˌəʊ
Scorpio
ˈskɔːpɪˌəʊ
studio
ˈstjuːdɪˌəʊ
video
ˈvɪdɪˌəʊ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RATIO

ratings war
ratio scale
ratiocinate
ratiocination
ratiocinative
ratiocinator
ratiocinatory
ration
ration book
ration card
ration coupon
rational
rational dress
rational number
rationale
rationalisable
rationalise
rationaliser
rationalism
rationalist

WORDS THAT END LIKE RATIO

aspect ratio
branching ratio
bypass ratio
cash ratio
compression ratio
fellatio
focal ratio
food conversion ratio
gear ratio
golden ratio
gyromagnetic ratio
liquid assets ratio
liquidity ratio
loss ratio
mass ratio
P-D ratio
P/E ratio
Poisson´s ratio
price-earnings ratio
signal-to-noise ratio

Synonyms and antonyms of ratio in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «RATIO»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «ratio» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of ratio

Translation of «ratio» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RATIO

Find out the translation of ratio to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ratio from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ratio» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

比率
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

proporción
570 millions of speakers

English

ratio
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अनुपात
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نِسْبَة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

соотношение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

proporção
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অনুপাত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

rapport
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Nisbah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Verhältnis
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

比率
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

비율
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Rasio
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tỷ lệ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

விகிதம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गुणोत्तर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

oran
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

rapporto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

stosunek
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

співвідношення
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

raport
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λόγος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verhouding
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

förhållande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

forhold
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ratio

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RATIO»

The term «ratio» is very widely used and occupies the 4.552 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RATIO» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «ratio» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «ratio» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ratio

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10 QUOTES WITH «RATIO»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word ratio.
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Spencer Abraham
The ideal ratio is one computer to every five students; we are nowhere close to that percentage in a lot of schools in America.
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Edward Ball
If you read the memoirs of slave-owning families, you'd be hard pressed to find evidence of black people in the lives of the whites, even though for most of the time on the plantations black people outnumbered whites by a ratio of seven to one.
3
Ken Blanchard
For a manager to be perceived as a positive manager, they need a four to one positive to negative contact ratio.
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Richard Parks Bland
It means that the silver coins of the United States at whatever ratio is fixed, and I want the present ratio that we have now, 16 to 1, maintained precisely as it is.
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Samuel Butler
People are lucky and unlucky not according to what they get absolutely, but according to the ratio between what they get and what they have been led to expect.
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Henry Charles Carey
In this country protection has always, to some extent, existed; but at some times it has been efficient, and at others not; and our tendency toward freedom or slavery has always been in the direct ratio of its efficiency or inefficiency.
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John Jay Chapman
A magazine or a newspaper is a shop. Each is an experiment and represents a new focus, a new ratio between commerce and intellect.
8
Noel Clarke
I couldn't tell you the ratio, but probably for every job you see me do, there would be 20 rejections.
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Gustave Courbet
The expression of beauty is in direct ratio to the power of conception the artist has acquired.
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Gustave Courbet
Beauty, like truth, is relative to the time when one lives and to the individual who can grasp it. The expression of beauty is in direct ratio to the power of conception the artist has acquired.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RATIO»

Discover the use of ratio in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ratio and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Ratio: The Simple Codes Behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking
As the culinary world fills up with overly complicated recipes and never-ending ingredient lists, Michael Ruhlman blasts through the surplus of information and delivers this innovative, straightforward book that cuts to the core of cooking.
Michael Ruhlman, 2009
2
The Golden Ratio: The Story of PHI, the World's Most ...
In this fascinating book, Mario Livio tells the tale of a number at the heart of that mystery: phi, or 1.6180339887.
Mario Livio, 2008
3
Digit Ratio: A Pointer to Fertility, Behavior, and Health
In this book, Manning presents evidence for how 2D:4D correlates with traits ranging from sperm counts, family size, musical genius, and sporting prowess, to autism, depression, homosexuality, heart attacks, and breast cancer, traits that ...
John T. Manning, 2002
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Density Ratio Estimation in Machine Learning
This book introduces theories, methods and applications of density ratio estimation, a newly emerging paradigm in the machine learning community.
Masashi Sugiyama, Taiji Suzuki, Takafumi Kanamori, 2012
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Ratio and Proportion: Research and Teaching in Mathematics ...
While primarily written for educators of mathematics teachers, this book can be an invaluable source of information for mathematics teachers of elementary and middle school classes, pre-service teachers, and mathematics education ...
David Ben-Chaim, Yaffa Keret, Bat-Sheva Ilany, 2012
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The Golden Ratio and Fibonacci Numbers
In this invaluable book, the basic mathematical properties of the golden ratio and its occurrence in the dimensions of two- and three-dimensional figures with fivefold symmetry are discussed.
R. A. Dunlap, 1997
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Ratio and Voluntas: The Tension Between Reason and Will in Law
This volume examines the tension between these two poles in modern law, building on the views of distinctive features of the ideal-typical mature modern legal system that was previously presented in the author's work, Critical Legal ...
Professor Kaarlo Tuori, 2013
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The Jesuit Ratio Studiorum: 400th Anniversary Perspectives
The fruit of the scholarly papers presented there make up the substance of this book. In addition, two key documents of the late-twentieth-century renewal of Jesuit education are included in the appendixes of this volume.
Vincent J. Duminuco, 2000
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Advances in Sampling Theory-Ratio Method of Estimation
This is an ideal textbook for researchers interested in sampling methods, survey methodologists in government organizations, academicians, and graduate students in statistics, mathematics and biostatistics.
Hulya Cingi, Cem Kadilar, 2009
10
Omega-6/omega-3 Essential Fatty Acid Ratio: The Scientific ...
Studies on the evolutionary aspects of diet and molecular studies included in this volume indicate that human beings evolved on a diet that was balanced in the essential fatty acids (EFA).
Artemis P. Simopoulos, Leslie G. Cleland, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RATIO»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ratio is used in the context of the following news items.
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Error in golden ratio at exhibit? Museum now says it's right
BOSTON — A Boston science museum that praised a teenager for catching a mistake in the golden ratio at a decades-old exhibit now says it wasn't an error ... «Fox News, Jul 15»
2
China To Scrap Commercial Banks' Loan-To-Deposit Ratio
China is to scrap the country's longstanding loan-to-deposit ratio requirement, the latest in a series of measures to reform the country's commercial banking ... «International Business Times, Jun 15»
3
Canada's debt-to-income ratio inches down to 163.3%
The debt-to-income ratio of Canadian households ticked down three-tenths of a percentage point to 163.3 per cent in the first three months of the year. That's the ... «CBC.ca, Jun 15»
4
A Stock with an Attractive Price-to-Sales Ratio
The "item" Kevin referred to is the Price-to-Sales (P/S) ratio. Calculating the ratio is simple: divide the current price of a stock by the latest 12 months' sales per ... «Cabot Wealth Advisory, May 15»
5
NY nurses push legislature for staffing ratio limits
The bill would set different staffing ratios based on the type of nursing. The ratio would be one patient for one nurse when it comes to trauma emergencies and ... «Washington Times, Apr 15»
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Males, females conceived evenly, but females have higher mortality …
The sex ratio at conception is 50-50 between males and females, but more males are born throughout the world because of a higher mortality rate for female ... «RT, Mar 15»
7
Ratio of Chinese Banks' Bad Loans Jumps Most in at Least a Decade
(Bloomberg) -- Chinese banks' bad-loan ratio jumped the most in at least a decade in the fourth quarter as a property-market slump and an economic slowdown ... «Bloomberg, Jan 15»
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Rs. 1-crore award for villages attaining balanced sex ratio
Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi announced a Rs. 1-crore award on Tuesday for any innovative village attaining a balanced ... «The Hindu, Jan 15»
9
Canada household debt-to-income ratio hits a record high
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's household debt-to-income ratio hit a record high in the third quarter of 2014, climbing to 162.6 percent from 161.5 percent in the ... «Reuters Canada, Dec 14»
10
Banks breathe sigh of relief over UK leverage ratio
Barclays led the gains, its shares surging more than 8 per cent higher, after the Bank of England unveiled its proposed leverage ratio, a measure that aims to ... «Financial Times, Oct 14»

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