ratio

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Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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noun the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient)
noun the relation between things (or parts of things) with respect to their comparative quantity, magnitude, or degree

Borrowed from Latin ratiō. Doublet of ration and reason.

[1] =en razón inversa de,= in inverse ratio to. — The Spanish American Reader, Ernesto Nelson
[1] The ratio of silver and gold was 15 to 1. — A School History of the United States, John Bach McMaster
In Japan the ratio has been officially fixed at 32 to 1. — Commercial Geography: A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges, Jacques W. (Jacques Wardlaw) Redway

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