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  • 31ratio — 01. The [ratio] of first year and second year players on the team is about 2 to 1. 02. The highest [ratio] of overweight people in the world is in Russia, at 25.4 percent, followed by Mexico at 25.1 percent. 03. The [ratio] of women to men in our …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 32ratio — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ high, low ▪ gender, sex ▪ Some universities take steps to keep their gender ratio 50–50. ▪ staffing ▪ …

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  • 33ratio — n. 1) a compression ratio 2) an inverse ratio 3) a ratio between 4) at a ratio of; to (at a ratio of three to one) * * * [ reɪʃɪəʊ] to (at a ratio of three to one) a compression ratio a ratio between an inverse ratio at a ratio of …

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  • 34Ratio — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Ratio », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) Ratio est un mot issu du latin. Il est utilisé… …

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  • 35ratio — /ray shoh, shee oh /, n., pl. ratios. 1. the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second: the ratio of 5 to 2, written 5:2 or 5/2. 2. proportional relation; rate: the ratio between… …

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  • 36ratio — (Del lat. ratio, onis, cálculo.) ► sustantivo femenino ECONOMÍA Unidad de relación entre dos magnitudes, en la política económica de un país o de una empresa. * * * ratio (del lat. «ratĭo, ōnis», cálculo) m. Econ. Índice numérico que establece… …

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  • 37ratio — ra|tio [ reıʃou ] noun count *** a relationship between two things expressed by two numbers or amounts: a teacher student ratio of 1:20 (=1 teacher for every 20 students) the ratio of something to something: The ratio of expenditure to revenue… …

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  • 38ratio — [[t]re͟ɪʃioʊ, AM ʃoʊ[/t]] ratios N COUNT: usu sing, oft N of n to n A ratio is a relationship between two things when it is expressed in numbers or amounts. For example, if there are ten boys and thirty girls in a room, the ratio of boys to girls …

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  • 39ratio */*/*/ — UK [ˈreɪʃɪəʊ] / US [ˈreɪʃoʊ] noun [countable] Word forms ratio : singular ratio plural ratios maths a relationship between the sizes of two numbers or amounts a teacher student ratio of 1:20 (= 1 teacher for every 20 students) the ratio of… …

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  • 40ratio — ra|ti|o W3S3 [ˈreıʃiəu US ˈreıʃou] n plural ratios [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: calculation, reason , from ratus; RATE1] a relationship between two amounts, represented by a pair of numbers showing how much bigger one amount is than the… …

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