ratio

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈreɪʃiəʊ/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈreɪʃoʊ, -ʃiˌoʊ/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(rā′shō, -shē ō′)

Inflections of 'ratio' (n): npl: ratios
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:

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ratio n (relative rate)razón nf
  ratio n amb
 The ratio of female to male students on this course is 3 to 1.
 La razón de estudiantes mujeres a hombres en este curso es de tres a uno.
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aspect ratio n (TV, film: image format)proporción nf
 The aspect ratio on the DVD recorder is not set right, so the Miss America contestants look wider than they are tall!
 La proporción en la grabadora de DVD no es correcta, y las concursantes se ven más anchas que altas.
aspect ratio n (bar code: narrow and wide strips)relación de aspecto nf + loc adj
  ratio de aspecto nm + loc adj
common ratio (mathematics)razón común nf + adj
critical ratio n (statistics) (estadística)ratio crítico nm + adj
  razón crítica nf + adj
current ratio (finance)ratio de liquidez nm + loc adj
  coeficiente de solvencia nm + loc adj
funded ratio n (ratio of assets to liabilities)coeficiente de financiación nm + loc adj
gear ratio n (first and final gears)relación de transmisión nf + loc adj
gear ratio n (diameters of meshing gears)proporción entre plato y piñón nf + loc adj
glide ratio n (aircraft: travel divided by altitude lost) (Aeronáutica)coeficiente de planeo nm + loc adj
golden section,
golden mean,
golden ratio n		 (art: line or figure ratio)razón áurea loc nom f
  proporción áurea loc nom f
golden section,
golden mean,
golden ratio n		 (math: line or figure ratio)razón áurea, razón dorada loc nom f
  media áurea, proporción áurea loc nom f
hazard ratio n (probability)proporción de riesgo nf + loc adj
  (voz inglesa)hazard ratio loc nom m
loss ratio (insurance)tasa de pérdida nf + loc adj
mixing ratio (humidity measurement)proporción de mezcla nf + loc adj
odds ratio n (statistics: comparison of chances that [sth] will occur to chances it will not)índice de probabilidad nm + loc adj
P/E ratio,
P/E yield n		 abbreviation (finance: price-to-earnings ratio) (economía)relación precio-beneficio nf + loc adj
persistency,
persistency ratio n		 (insurance policy)persistencia nf
ratio decidendi n (law: rule decision based on) (voz latina)ratio decidendi loc nom f
Note: razones que constituyen la fundamentación de una sentencia
sex ratio n (sociology: proportion of men and women)razón de sexo loc nom f
  índice de masculinidad loc nom m
teacher-pupil ratio n (number of teachers to students)proporción profesores-alumnos nf + loc adj
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'ratio' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the English description:
absolute humidity - acceleration - albedo - birth rate - coefficient of friction - CR - effect size - for - funded ratio - gearing - geometric progression - golden section - high - load factor - Mach - magnification - odd - P/E ratio - point of division - population density - power factor - proportion - proportionately - quotient - rate - reflectance - scale - secant - specific heat - to - widescreen
Spanish:
ratio - razón - relación

Collocations: a [direct, correlative] ratio, the [efficiency, performance, productivity, coverage] ratio, finance: the [share, dividend, earnings] ratio, more...

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