ratio
English
/ˈɹeɪ.ʃoʊ/, /ˈɹeɪ.ʃi.əʊ/
noun
Definitions
- A number representing a comparison between two named things.
- (arithmetic) The relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient).
- (legal)
- (Internet) The amount of comments to a post or other expression on social media relative to the number of likes.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ratio.
Origin
Latin
ratio
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cross-ratio English
- eigenratio English
- meter English
- ratioed English
- ratioless English
- ratiometer English
- ratiometric English
- ratiometrically English
- ratiometry English
- subratio English
- ratio Latin
- rationabilis Latin
- ratiuncula Latin
- reor Latin
- ráció Hungarian
- ratio French
- ration French
- ratio Spanish, Castilian
- razón Spanish, Castilian
- rasjon Norwegian Bokmål
- rácio Portuguese
- rasjon Norwegian Nynorsk
- raisun Old French
- lākiō Hawaiian
- rageon Bourguignon
- roizon Bourguignon
- roaison Picard