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ratio
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)
- A number representing a comparison between two named things.
- (arithmetic) The relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient).
- (law) Short for ratio decidendi.
- (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)
- (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)
- (mathematics, countable) ratio, proportion
- Synonym: verhouding
- (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)
- (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)
- reason, motive
- Synonyms: motivazione, motivo, ragione
- 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
- reason, reasoning, explanation, ground, motive, rationality, rationale
- calculation, account, accounting, reckoning, computation, business
- procedure, course, manner, method, mode, conduct, plan
- theory, view
- doctrine, system, philosophy (collective body of the teachings of a school of thought)
- register (list)
- regard, respect, interest, consideration
- 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)
- (mathematics) ratio
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directrix
English
Noun
directrix (plural directrixes or directrices)
- A female who directs; a directress.
- (geometry) A line used to define a curve or surface; especially a line, the distance from which a point on a conic has a constant ratio to that from the focus.
Derived terms
- conic section directrix
- graph directrix
- ruled surface directrix
Translations
Anagrams
- creditrix
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