Associations to the word «Ratio»

Wiktionary

RATIO, noun. A number representing a comparison between two things.
RATIO, noun. (arithmetic) The relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient).
RATIO, noun. (legal) Short for ratio decidendi.
RATIO DECIDENDI, noun. (legal) The legal principle or rationale on which a judicial decision is based.
RATIO FORMALIS, noun. (philosophy) (logic) the formal grounds for something; the essential attributes of matter as they appear in the mind or in a definition.
RATIO SCALE, noun. (measurement) (statistics) A scale of measurement of data having a fixed zero value, which permits the quantitative comparison of differences of values.
RATIO VARIABLE, noun. (statistics) A variable with the features of interval variable and, additionally, whose any two values have meaningful ratio, making the operations of multiplication and division meaningful.
RATIO VARIABLES, noun. Plural of ratio variable

Dictionary definition

RATIO, noun. The relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient).
RATIO, 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".

Wise words

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