Crossword-Solution: RATIO
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Ratio | n. | The relation which one quantity or magnitude has to another of the same kind. 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 / or /; of a to b by a/b; or (less commonly) the second term is made the dividend; as, a:b = b/a. |
| Ratio | n. | Hence, fixed relation of number, quantity, or degree; rate; proportion; as, the ratio of representation in Congress. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| RATIO | anagram | AIRTO, ARIOT, ATRIO, IATRO, IRATO, OIRAT, OTIRA, TIARO, TOAIR, TROIA |
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Sentences with RATIO (5)
The blaze, enlarging in a double ratio by his approach and its own increase, showed him as he drew nearer the outlines of ricks beside it, lighted up to great distinctness.
Ten years and numerous doublings later, enough of these gloomy prognostications have been confounded that the phrase "Imminent Death Of The Net Predicted!" has become a running joke, hauled out any time someone grumbles about the {S/N ratio} or the huge and steadily increasing volume.
Further, libraries in general have a very high labor-to-cost ratio in their budgets, and labor costs are still increasing, notwithstanding automation investments.
The ratio of whites to blacks within the islands changed markedly within a matter of one or two decades.
Much depends upon the last finish of the surface of the plate, and as a fine impression is desired in the same ratio, the operator must exercise care and skill in this operation.
Quotes with RATIO (3)
All of Nature follows perfectly geometric laws. The Ancient Egyptian, Greek, Peruvian, Mayan, and Chinese cultures were well aware of this, as Phi — known as the Golden Ratio or Golden Mean — was used in the constructions of their sculptures and architecture.
When writing a novel a writer should create living people; people not characters. A character is a caricature. If a writer can make people live there may be no great characters in his book, but it is possible that his book will remain as a whole; as an entity; as a novel. If the people the writer is making talk of old masters; of music; of modern painting; of letters; or of science then they should talk of those subjects in the novel. If they do not talk of these subjects and…
What appears most disquieting to me in isolation is the dilemma of how to use time. There is either too much or too little of it; we either live inside painfully contracting horizons, or feel ourselves isolated in the vastness of space. I seem to have lived with the palm of my hand balanced on the tip of a knife, writing what in theory I would call the Preface to a Future Book. And the relation of time to creation should always appear like that, a ratio that describes the ful…
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, S&S, Slate, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 526 times in crossword archives (1951–2025).