Synonyms for ratio
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : rey-shoh, -shee-oh |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈreɪ ʃoʊ, -ʃiˌoʊ |
Top 10 synonyms for ratio
Définition of ratio
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
- This ratio is phenomenally large, and should not be taken as a guide by amateurs.
- Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell
- But few of us understand just what the ratio of increase is, or how it is caused.
- Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell
- Just what the ratio of the curve should be is a matter of contention.
- Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell
- Take any ratio of percentage you please and something should have got us.
- Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
- Business will increase largely, and the ratio of expenses will decrease.
- Extract from : « The Railroad Question » by William Larrabee
- If the eye is assisted by a telescope, the ratio is quite different.
- Extract from : « Sir William Herschel: His Life and Works » by Edward Singleton Holden
- Nor need we say in how frightful a ratio their numbers must increase.
- Extract from : « Leading Articles on Various Subjects » by Hugh Miller
- Thus from 1800 to 1860 Ohio increased in nearly tenfold the ratio of Kentucky.
- Extract from : « The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864 » by Various
- The ratio of decrease cannot be arrived at with any degree of precision.
- Extract from : « Old Mackinaw » by W. P. Strickland.
- On this question for making the ratio of representation the same in the 2d.
- Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918 » by Various
Antonyms for ratio
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