ratio
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ratio/ˈreɪʃiəʊ/
▶noun (pl. ratios) the quantitative relation between two amounts showing the number of times one value contains or is contained within the other.
– origin C17: from L., lit. ‘reckoning’, from rat-, reri ‘reckon’.
'ratio' also found in these Oxford entries:
acoustic impedance
- aerofoil
- arraign
- aspect ratio
- bel
- bimetallism
- Boltzmann's constant
- capacitance
- cash ratio
- cephalic index
- commensurable
- compander
- compression ratio
- cosecant
- cosine
- cotangent
- decrement
- direct proportion
- dividend cover
- efficiency
- elastic modulus
- f-number
- frequency response
- Gay-Lussac's law
- geared
- gearing
- geometric progression
- goal average
- golden section
- haematocrit
- homologous
- incommensurable
- inverse proportion
- irrational
- load factor
- logarithm
- Mach
- mechanical advantage
- modulus
- odds
- overdrive
- pan
- pi
- power factor
- proportion
- proportional
- ratiocination
- ration
- rational
