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ratio

How to use ratio in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for ratio.

Editorial note

Boy is the content/nastiness ratio low in this one.

Examples18
Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

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

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of ratio gathered in one view.

noun

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

noun

the relation between things (or parts of things) with respect to their comparative quantity, magnitude, or degree; "an inordinate proportion of the book is given over to quotations"; "a dry martini has a large proportion of gin"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for ratio.

noun

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

noun

the relation between things (or parts of things) with respect to their comparative quantity, magnitude, or degree; "an inordinate proportion of the book is given over to quotations"; "a dry martini has a large proportion of gin"

Example sentences

1

Boy is the content/nastiness ratio low in this one.

2

* I didn't expect to get "rich" from it, but if the income to hours spent ratio breaks down well, I'm happy.

3

We then simply take the Sharpe ratio of the average daily excess returns.

4

It's not pg's job to equalize the gender ratio in programming, nor is it his job to get girls interested in it.

5

The ratio of the stock value to cash payment that made up the original settlement was not coincidental.

6

Well, there he has $5 million in "stolen" loot, in a compact package with a comparable weight to value ratio as giant diamonds.

7

One of my favorites are very high power-to-weight ratio 2 meter-ish gliders with thousands of watts of power.

8

The signal-to-noise ratio has dropped slightly compared to when I started reading about four years ago, but this is still a great place for technical discussion.

9

A lot of people who are already set on taking CS as their major go directly into CS61a, skipping CS10, and this accounts for a lot of the gender ratio difference in CS10.

10

Every venue for ads that has significant visibility is both oversold and also low signal/noise ratio.

11

A Brayton cycle has a certain efficiency at a given pressure ratio and an airfoil has a certain maximum lift-curve slope and there is nothing you can do about it.

12

Other resolutions affect aspect ratio, and lenses are a significant portion of the expense of a television camera.

13

I suppose it boils down to this "By sending an email that repels all but the most gullible the scammer gets the most promising marks to self-select, and tilts the true to false positive ratio in his favor.

14

I don't remember the numbers off the top of my head, but the ratio of core contributors to new outsiders is pretty tight, and we've helped a bunch of interested contributors get their work accepted.

15

The absolute cheapest benefit you can offer an employee is their title, and if they have a rational reason for wanting a better title, why on earth would you refuse to give up some title to get a good candidate on board?

16

I'm going to go out on a limb and register a slight discomfort with the increasing use of HN as a "court of public opinion" in very fact-bound disputes like this one. I can sort of see resorting to it out of desperation, but I'm afraid the Internet Lynch Mob has a very high ratio of outrage to effort spent actually investigating.

17

Have a set of cultural values you hire forThis scares me because I think people don't have a good idea of what a "cultural value" really is, or have aspirational cultural values, like "we'll work as hard as it takes to make our milestones!

18

Other than the bezel color, bezel shape, metallic logo, logo positioning, aspect ratio, foot design, choice of materials, choice of finishing, keyboard design, key coloring, key layout, keyboard LED, keyboard footing, trackpad design, trackpad footing, keyboard battery chamber, and trackpad battery chamber, this is a totally unique design.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use ratio in a sentence?

Boy is the content/nastiness ratio low in this one.

What does ratio mean?

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

What part of speech is ratio?

ratio is commonly used as noun.