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Antonyms for ratios

Grammar : Noun
Spell : rey-shoh, -shee-oh
Phonetic Transcription : ˈreɪ ʃoʊ, -ʃiˌoʊ


Definition of ratios

Origin :
  • 1630s, "reason, rationale," from Latin ratio "reckoning, numbering, calculation; business affair, procedure," also "reason, reasoning, judgment, understanding," from rat-, past participle stem of reri "to reckon, calculate," also "think" (see reason (n.)). Mathematical sense "relationship between two numbers" is attested from 1650s.
  • noun percentage, relation of part to whole
Example sentences :
  • It will be remembered that oxygen combines with hydrogen in two ratios.
  • Extract from : « An Elementary Study of Chemistry » by William McPherson
  • Resemblance, relation, or equality; a similitude of ratios or proportions.
  • Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
  • Ratios such as one to one or one to two are of this class and should be avoided.
  • Extract from : « Industrial Arts Design » by William H. Varnum
  • That dog is plumb full of ratios and things, if we only knew how to get them out of him.
  • Extract from : « That Pup » by Ellis Parker Butler
  • The ratios of chance are always esteemed likely to favour the young gladiator.
  • Extract from : « Tobias Smollett » by Oliphant Smeaton
  • These ratios reflect the relative narrowness of the skull of primulina.
  • Extract from : « American Weasels » by E. Raymond Hall
  • The ratios are those evolved by nature, and, as such, should be wellnigh perfect.
  • Extract from : « The Home of the Blizzard » by Douglas Mawson
  • These ratios do not vary greatly in different parts of Fiji.
  • Extract from : « A Racial Study of the Fijians » by Norman E. Gabel
  • This will be seen by reference to the following tables of ratios.
  • Extract from : « Money » by John P. Jones
  • Monivalent elements are those which replace one atom of hydrogen in chemical combinations in the ratios of their atomic weights.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I » by Arnold Cooley

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