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noun(ra-tio)the indicated quotient of two mathematical expressions
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noun(ra-tio)the relationship in quantity, amount, or size between two or more things : proportion
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noun(ra-tio)the expression of the relative values of gold and silver as determined by a country's currency laws
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noun(ra-tio)a ratio of one dimension to another: such as
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noun(ra-tio)the ratio of span to mean chord of an airfoil
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noun(ra-tio)the ratio of the width of a television or motion-picture image to its height
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noun(ra-tio)the ratio of each term of a geometric progression to the term preceding it
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noun(ra-tio)f-number
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noun(ra-tio)a ratio of two numbers in which the ratio of the sum to the larger number is the same as the ratio of the larger number to the smaller : golden section
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noun(ra-tio)the ratio of the magnetic moment of a spinning charged particle to its angular momentum —called also g-factor
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noun(ra-tio)the ratio between insurance losses incurred and premiums earned during a given period
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noun(ra-tio)the ratio of digestible protein to other nutrients in a foodstuff or ration
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noun(ra-tio)the ratio of transverse to longitudinal strain in a material under tension
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noun(ra-tio)a measure of the value of a common stock determined as the ratio of its market price to its annual earnings per share and usually expressed as a simple numeral