Definition of ratio
English to English noun - the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient)
source: WordNet 3.0 - 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.
source: WordNet 3.0 - The relation which one quantity or magnitude has to another of the same kind. It is expressed by the quotient of the division of the first by the second; thus, the ratio of 3 to 6 is expressed by &frac36; or ½; of a to b by a/b; or (less commonly) the second term is made the dividend; as, a:b = b/a.
source: Webster 1913
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ratio, radio, rat, ratite, ratitae, rito, rate, raid, riot, rata, rath, ratitate, riata, retie, ratty, radii, raita, reata, radyo, reheat
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