A ratio is the quotient of two numbers (See also quotient and proportion ) Example: The ratio of 4 to 3 is expressed as 4 : 3 or 4 3
A reference to either the turns ration or to the voltage ration of the transformer It's the ration between the primary and the secondary For example, a transformer with a 480-volt primary and a 120-volt secondary has a ratio of 4 to 1
There are so called ratio (FTP) servers If you want to download (copy it to your own harddisk) some file you first have to upload ( copy to the FTP server ) a certain amount of data A file ratio of 1: 5 means you have to upload 5 files before you are allowed to download one
Denotes relationships of items within and between financial statements, e g , current ratio, quick ratio, inventory turnover ratio and debt/net worth ratios
It is expressed by the quotient of the division of the first by the second; thus, the ratio of 3 to 6 is expressed by &frac36; or ½; of a to b by a/b; or (less commonly) the second term is made the dividend; as, a: b = b/a
A fixed relation in degree, number, etc between two similar things; a proportion; a measured comparison Also, the indicated quotient of two mathematical expressions; the relationship in quantity, amount, or size between two or more things (If pears and apples are in a 5: 2 ratio, then if there are 25 pears, there are 10 apples )
A comparison of two quantities A fraction can be interpreted as a ratio of two numbers, but arithmetic operations on ratios and fractions are different
A score that may have a value of zero or greater that is derived by dividing a count of one type of data by a count of another type of data (e g , the number of patients with central lines who develop infection divided by the number of central line days)
The ratio of the width to the height of a rectangle is called an aspect ratio, an example of which is the golden ratio of classical architecture. When two ratios are set equal to each other, the resulting equation is called a proportion
Hence, fixed relation of number, quantity, or degree; rate; proportion; as, the ratio of representation in Congress
the relationship of a flag's width to its length, e g France is 2: 3; Germany is 3: 5, Canada is 1: 2 See also page on Ratios of Flags
Comparison of two figures used to evaluate business performance, such as debt/equity ratio and return on investment