Meaning

3 senses
  1. A number representing a comparison between two named things.

    отноше́ниеotnošénije, соотноше́ниеsootnošénije

  2. The relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient).

    Verhältnis

    коэффицие́нтkoefficijént

    the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient)

  3. 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.

Examples

21 sentences
  1. The screen has an aspect ratio of 4:3.

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  2. What's the student/teacher ratio at your school?

    ruКакое в твоей школе соотношение учеников и учителей?

    deWie ist das Schüler-Lehrer-Verhältnis an deiner Schule?

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  3. The channel has low signal-to-noise ratio.

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  4. This job is does not have a suitable profit ratio.

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  5. The merger was implemented on a 50-50 ratio.

    deDer Zusammenschluss wurde im Verhältnis 50:50 umgesetzt.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
number representing comparison:
arithmetics: relative magnitude of two quantities expressed as quotient:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
arithmetics: relative magnitude of two quantities expressed as quotient:

Origin

Borrowed from Latin ratiō. Doublet of ration and reason.

Borrowed from Latin ratiō. Doublet of ration and reason.

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