ratio

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin ratio.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɻeɪ.ʃiˌoʊ/

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Noun

ratio (plural ratios)

1. A number representing a comparison between two things.
2. (arithmetic) The relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient).
3. (law) Short for ratio decidendi.

Related terms

• ratio decidendi
• obiter
• obiter dictum

Translations

number representing comparison

Czech: poměr (cs) m. Finnish: suhde (fi), suhdeluku (fi) French: rapport m. (1), ratio (fr) m. Greek: λόγος (el) m. (lógos) (number representing comparison) Hungarian: arány (hu) Icelandic: hlutfallstala f., hlutfall n., hlutfall milli tveggja stærða n. Italian: ragione (it) f., rapporto (it) m. Malayalam: അനുപാതം (anupaatham)

Norwegian: forhold (no) n. Polish: współczynnik m., stosunek m. Portuguese: razão (pt) f. Russian: отношение (ru) (otnošénije) n. Spanish: razón (es) f., cociente (es) m., relación (es) f. Swahili: uwiano (sw) Telugu: నిష్పత్తి (nishpatti)

math: relative magnitude of two quantities expressed as quotient

Finnish: suhde (fi)

Lojban: parbi (jbo)

ratio decidendi — see ratio decidendi

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French

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Noun

ratio m. (plural ratios)

1. ratio

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Latin

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈratioː/

Etymology

From rat- (“"thought", from perfect participle of reor”) +‎ -iō

Noun

ratiō (genitive ratiōnis); f, third declension

1. reason
2. calculation

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	ratiō	ratiōnēs
genitive	ratiōnis	ratiōnum
dative	ratiōnī	ratiōnibus
accusative	ratiōnem	ratiōnēs
ablative	ratiōne	ratiōnibus
vocative	ratiō	ratiōnēs

Descendants

Albanian: arësye Catalan: raó, ració English: ratio, reason, ration French: raison, ration Italian: ragione, razione Occitan: rason

Portuguese: razão Romanian: rațiune Romansch: raschun Sardinian: rajòne Spanish: razón, ración Venetian: raxon

See also

• prōportiō

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Spanish

Noun

ratio m. (plural ratios)

1. ratio

Synonyms

• razón