ratio
UK/ˈɹeɪ.ʃi.əʊ/
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dated/ˈɹeɪ.si.əʊ/
ratio noun: a number representing a comparison between two named things. Also the ellipsis of ratio decidendi.
Noun
ratio (plural ratios or (rare, sense 3 only) rationes)
- A number representing a comparison between two named things.
- Scientists believe that the sex ratio is equal at conception, explained Steven Orzack, president and senior research scientist of the Fresh Pond Research Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts.2019 January 23, Susan Scutti, “Climate change will affect gender ratio among newborns, scientists say”, in CNN, archived from the original on 20 Aug 2020
- On Monday, the issuer announced the addition of four new transfer partners — three airlines and one hotel chain — to its credit card rewards program, along with improved transfer ratios for several existing partners.2021 April 19, Jennifer Yellin, “Capital One adds new airline and hotel partners to its credit cards, improves transfer ratios”, in CNN, archived from the original on 21 May 2023
- The relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient).
- The number of comments to a post or other expression on social media relative to the number of likes; a high ratio suggests disagreement with the contents of the original post.
Verb
ratio (third-person singular simple present ratios, present participle ratioing, simple past and past participle ratioed or ratio'd)
- To respond to a post or message on social media in a greater number than the number of likes the post receives, especially to condemn or mock the original poster.
- The politician's post was quickly ratioed due to its controversial nature.
- “Don’t help elect Trump, you egotistical billionaire a**hole,” the protester yelled. “Go back to getting ratioed on Twitter. Go back to Davos with the other billionaire elites who think they know how to run the world. That’s not what democracy is.”2019 January 29, Veronica Stracqualursi, “Former Starbucks CEO heckled at book event for weighing independent run: ‘Don’t help elect Trump!’”, in CNN, archived from the original on 19 Oct 2022
Interjection
- Indicates disagreement with a post the user disagrees with or dislikes.
- L + ratio
- "Ratio. YoungBoy is better." "What?" "Make better music. You fell off."2021, Lil Nas X, THE MONTERO SHOW
Also used as
ratio is also the ellipsis of ratio decidendi.
ratio meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
ratio in Hindi
- number representing comparison
- अनुपात anupāt
ratio in Marathi
- गुणोत्तर
ratio in Urdu
- تناسب
ratio in Bengali
- অনুপাত
More languagesFewer languages
- ratio in Telugu
- నిష్పత్తి niṣpatti
- ratio in Malayalam
- അനുപാതം anupātaṁ
- ratio in Kannada
- ಅನುಪಾತ, ಅನುಪಾತವು, ಅನುಪಾತಗಳು
- ratio in Punjabi
- ਅਨੁਪਾਤ, ਅਨੁਪਾਤਃ
- ratio in Gujarati
- ગુણોત્તર, રેશિયો, ગુણોત્તરો
- ratio in Odia
- ଅନୁପାତ, ଅନୁପାତଃ
- ratio in Nepali
- अनुपात, अनुपातः, गुणोत्तर
- ratio in Tagalog
- tagway
- ratio in Arabic
- نِسْبَة nisba
- ratio in Malay
- nisbah
- ratio in Indonesian
- rasio, nisbah
- ratio in Thai
- สัดส่วน sàt-sùuan, อัตราส่วน àt-dtraa-sùuan
- ratio in Vietnamese
- tỉ lệ
Examples of ratio in a sentence
- It used to be fun to watch tweets like that get ratioed back into their ugly corner of the internet.2019, Henry Chisholm, "'Who Cares? It's women's hoops'", Montana Kaimin (The University of Montana), 30 January 2019 - 5 February 2019...
- Cue the goading Trump tweet (“Howard Schultz doesn’t have the ‘guts’ to run for President!”), the Twitter ratioing and the outrage from the left.2019 February 3, Pat Wiedenkeller, “Patriots, politics and puppies: Super Bowl LIII”, in CNN, archived from the original on 21 Jun 2021:
- And, just FYI, here's how brutally the public ratioed that tweet.2021 January 27, Leigh Tauss, “Ghost Roast”, in INDY Week, page 4:
- It is essential that you ratio anyone who comes for your honour.2021, @suburbanpoet, "Ratio or be Ratioed: Reluctant notes on Twitter", Honi Soit (University of Sydney), Week 4, Semester 2 (2021), page 16
Forms of ratio
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | ratios |
| plural error-unknown-tag (rare) | rationes |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | ratios |
| present participle | ratioing |
| past participle | ratioed |
| past | ratioed |
| past participle | ratio'd |
| past | ratio'd |
Origin of ratio
Borrowed from Latin ratiō. Doublet of ration and reason.
Words formed from ratio
- anharmonic ratio
- aspect ratio
- basic reproduction ratio
- basic reproductive ratio
- Blackstone's ratio
- branching ratio
- cardiothoracic ratio
- common ratio
- compression ratio
- contrast ratio
- corn-hog ratio
- coward's ratio
- credit-deposit ratio
- cross ratio
- cross-ratio
- current ratio
- damping ratio
- dependency ratio
- deviation ratio
- double ratio
- ed/ad ratio
- eigenratio
- emergy investment ratio
- enantiomeric ratio
- error ratio
- eudismic ratio
- eudysmic ratio
- extreme ratio
- failure ratio
- financial ratio
- gear ratio
- gender ratio
- Gini ratio
- glide ratio
- golden ratio
- gyromagnetic ratio
- hazard ratio
- heat capacity ratio
- hog-corn ratio
- Horowitz ratio
- joy-to-stuff ratio
- kill/death ratio
- kill-death ratio
- kill-to-death ratio
- K/D ratio
- lift-to-drag ratio
- loop ratio
- loss ratio
- mass-to-light ratio
- M/L ratio
- mean ratio
- media-to-lumen ratio
- modified aspect ratio
- M-ratio
- n-firm concentration ratio
- original aspect ratio
- paO2/FiO2 ratio
- P/F ratio
- PE ratio
- P-E ratio
Phrases with ratio
- PF ratio
- SF ratio
- P/E ratio
- S/F ratio
- S/N ratio
- sex ratio
- sine ratio
- quick ratio
- ratio scale
- recta ratio
- Texas ratio
- ratio scales
27 more phrasesFewer phrases
- ratio spread
- Sharpe ratio
- silver ratio
- ultima ratio
- plastic ratio
- Treynor ratio
- ratio formalis
- ratio variable
- Redfield ratio
- shooting ratio
- Poisson's ratio
- ratio variables
- SpO2/FiO2 ratio
- variation ratio
- pixelation ratio
- type-token ratio
- read-around ratio
- supergolden ratio
- signal-noise ratio
- teeth-to-tail ratio
- price-earnings ratio
- reverse ratio spread
- signal-to-noise ratio
- farebox recovery ratio
- sodium adsorption ratio
- sequential probability ratio test
- sequential probability ratio tests
Words that rhyme with ratio
Questions about ratio
- What does ratio mean?
- Ratio means a number representing a comparison between two named things.
- What is ratio in Hindi?
- Ratio in Hindi is अनुपात (anupāt). See Ratio meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use ratio in a sentence?
- It used to be fun to watch tweets like that get ratioed back into their ugly corner of the internet.
- What part of speech is ratio?
- Ratio can be a noun, a verb or an interjection.
- How do you pronounce ratio?
- Ratio is pronounced /ˈɹeɪ.ʃi.əʊ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of ratio?
- The plural of ratio is ratios.
Words near ratio in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: ratio (page history and authors); ratio (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ratio (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ratio (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ratio (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ratio (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ratio (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ratio (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ratio (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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