noun🔗ShareA number representing a comparison between two named things."In the classroom, the ratios of girls to boys are different in each grade level. "mathnumberChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient)."The teacher explained how to calculate ratios by comparing the number of boys to the number of girls in the class. "mathnumberChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareShort for ratio decidendi."The judge explained that only the ratios of the previous cases were relevant to the new ruling, not the specific facts. "lawChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe amount of comments to a post or other expression on social media relative to the number of likes."The ratios of comments to likes on her cat videos were surprisingly high, suggesting people had strong opinions about her feline's antics. "mediainternetcommunicationtechnologycomputingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading