ratio

[ˈreɪʃioʊ]

Definition:
1. The relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient).
2. The relationship between two groups of people or things that is represented by two numbers showing how much larger one group is than the other.

Use 'ratio' in a sentence:

1. Their targets, including profitability ratios, solvency ratios, asset management ratios.
2. Some biologists hypothesize that a plant will stop growing if it's in the shade of another plant, a reaction that's triggered when it senses an unusual ratio of red light to far-red light.
3. The ratio of signal to noise (S/N) is greatly improved through the phase sensitivity detection.
4. Catagensis is marked by a loss of hydrogen, and consequently by a decrease of the h/ c ratio.
5. The ratio is currently around 38.3.
6. Out of that the ratio worked like magic.
7. This ratio must change.
8. C.E.O.s enjoy incomes that are on average 295 times that of the typical worker, a much higher ratio than in the past, without any evidence of a proportionate increase in productivity.
9. For the eccentric model, Hipparchus found for the ratio between the radius of the eccenter.
10. The adult to child ratio is one to six.
11. The dominant lead ratio found in Greenland snow matched that found in gasoline from the United States.
12. The curve pattern showed that the ratio of dark-respiration to photorespiration increased at first and decreased later on.
13. The oxygen isotope ratio of the ocean changes as a great deal of water is withdrawn from it by evaporation and is precipitated as snow to form glacial ice.
14. Shares are deemed pricey when the p/e ratio is above its long-run average.
15. Although women's wages are improving, Department of Labor statistics show that the ratio of their earnings with that of men have been roughly static since 1960.
16. The ratio of oxygen-16 to oxygen-18 found in the calcite of a foraminifer's shell depends on the temperature of the water in which the organism lived.
17. A titanic impact could have stripped away a portion of its rocky mantle, leaving behind a metallic core whose density is out of proportion with the original ratio of rock to metal.
18. In 1978 there were 884 students at a lecturer/ student ratio of 1:15.
19. Take the average of those ratios and multiply by a hundred.
20. Taking that question seriously does wonders for one's joy-to-stuff ratio, decreasing stuff, increasing joy.
21. Agrillo's team found that mosquitofish can discriminate between numbers up to 16, but only if the ratio between the fish in each shoal was greater than 2:1.
22. The People's Bank of China announced on Friday it was cutting both interest rates and the reserve requirement ratio again to boost the economy.
23. The school has a very high teacher-student ratio.
24. Model CR118 has a Fraction to Decimal Conversion Chart and Trigonometric Ratio Equations etched on the front side.
25. Calculation method for additional equivalent damping ratio of energy dissipation structure.
26. The joy-to-stuff ratio is basically the time a person has to enjoy life versus the time a person spends accumulating material goods.
27. The extinction ratio changes with the operation current and temperature.
28. Influencing Factors of New Rural Cooperative Medical System Participation Ratio.
29. The law of multiple proportions has insisted on the fundamental character of the combining ratio for different atoms.
30. But the ratio has varied.
31. This fascinating experiment showed that plants not only detect and react to specific wavelengths of light, plants can also detect and react to changes in the ratio of one wavelength to another.
32. CLIA using acridinium ester derivatives as chemiluminescent label has advantages of low background and high signal-to-noise ratio.
33. The bigger the animal is, the lower its surface-to-volume ratio; for every ounce of body mass, there is proportionately less surface through which heat can escape.
34. Thus the ratio decidendi of the higher court is to be followed.
35. The ratio is becoming more balanced.
36. Low energy consumption, high output and big reduction ratio;
37. The quantity of ambiguity and restrictive condition are in the direct ratio.
38. By 2050 the ratio will be one to one.
39. C/N ratio can be taken as a rooting index of elm tip.
40. The ratio of fluoranthene to pyrene may indicate that PAH area was mainly from uncompleted combustion.
41. An increasing ratio of mistakes, perhaps induced by tiredness, crept into her game.
42. In developed economies the average investment ratio is 21%.
43. This ratio will tell you.
44. On a larger scale, the number of men with more X sperm compared to the number of men with more Y sperm affects the sex ratio of children born each year.
45. Re-adsorption under the conditions ibidem got the removal ratio 80% indicated that the material can be utilized for several times.
46. Under dark adaptation, phototactic ratio of round scad ( both juvenile-and adult) towards blue and green light is the highest, while that towards red light is the lowest.
47. The ratio between the two sides is one to four.
48. The ratio is a net figure.
49. The personal contribution ratio is voluntary in the annuity program.
50. The ratio of pupils to teachers was 30 to 1.
51. The bottom chart shows the ratio of personal debt to personal income.
52. That would lead to the plant in its shade sensing an unusual ratio.
53. What is the ratio of men to women in the department?
54. The ratio of applications to available places currently stands at 100:1.
55. The adult to child ratio is 1 to 6.