different between obiter vs ratio

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin obiter.

Adverb

obiter (not comparable)

1. Incidentally; in passing.
   • , New York, 2001, p.206:

     I will not here stand to discuss obiter, whether stars be causes, or signs; or to apologize for judicial astrology.

Noun

obiter (plural obiters)

1. (law) An obiter dictum; a statement from the bench commenting on a point of law which is not necessary for the judgment at hand and therefore has no judicial weight, as opposed to ratio decidendi.

Coordinate terms

• ratio decidendi, ratio

Anagrams

• brotie, torbie

Latin

Adverb

obiter (not comparable)

1. on the way
2. incidentally

References

• obiter in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• obiter in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• obiter in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ratio. Doublet of ration and reason.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??e?.?o?/, /??e?.?i?o?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??e?.?i.??/, /??e?.???/

Noun

ratio (plural ratios)

1. A number representing a comparison between two named things.
2. (arithmetic) The relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient).
3. (law) Short for ratio decidendi.
4. (Internet) The amount of comments to a post or other expression on social media relative to the number of likes.

Derived terms

Related terms

• obiter
• obiter dictum
• ratio decidendi
• rational
• irrational

Translations

Verb

ratio (third-person singular simple present ratios, present participle ratioing, simple past and past participle ratioed)

1. (transitive, social media) To respond to a post or message on social media in a greater number than the number of likes the post receives.

Anagrams

• Artio, Otira, ariot, artoi, atrio-, iatro-

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rati?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ra?.(t)si.o?/
• Hyphenation: ra?tio

Noun

ratio f (plural ratio's)

1. (mathematics, countable) ratio, proportion

   Synonym: verhouding

2. (uncountable) reason

   Synonyms: rede, verstand

Related terms

• rationalisme
• rationeel

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ratio. Doublet of raison and ration.

Noun

ratio m (plural ratios)

1. (mathematics) ratio

Further reading

• “ratio” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rati? (“reason, explanation”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?rat.t?sjo/
• Rhymes: -attsjo
• Hyphenation: rà?tio

Noun

ratio f (uncountable)

1. reason, motive

   Synonyms: motivazione, motivo, ragione

2. expedient

   Synonym: espediente

Related terms

• ragione
• razione

Latin

Etymology

From ratus / reor (“to compute”) +? -ti?.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ra.ti.o?/, [?rät?io?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ra.t?si.o/, [?r??t??s?i?]

Noun

rati? f (genitive rati?nis); third declension

1. reason, reasoning, explanation, ground, motive, rationality, rationale
2. calculation, account, accounting, reckoning, computation, business
3. procedure, course, manner, method, mode, conduct, plan
4. theory, view
5. doctrine, system, philosophy (collective body of the teachings of a school of thought)
6. register (list)
7. regard, respect, interest, consideration
8. reference, relation, respect

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Derived terms

• rati?n?bilis
• rati?n?lis
• rati?n?rium
• rati?cinor
• ratiuncula

Related terms

• rati?cinium

Descendants

See also

• pr?porti?

References

• ratio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ratio in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ratio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• ratio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ratio. Doublet of razón and ración.

Noun

ratio f (plural ratios)

1. (mathematics) ratio