ratio
noun
[ ˈreɪʃɪəʊ ]
• the quantitative relation between two amounts showing the number of times one value contains or is contained within the other.
• "the ratio of men's jobs to women's is 8 to 1"
Similar:
proportion,
comparative number/extent,
quantitative relation,
correlation,
relationship,
correspondence,
balance,
percentage,
fraction,
quotient,
Origin:
mid 17th century: from Latin, literally ‘reckoning’, from rat- ‘reckoned’, from the verb reri .
