noun. Relation in degree or number between two similar things.

noun. The relative value of silver and gold in a currency system that is bimetallic.

noun. A relationship between two quantities, normally expressed as the quotient of one divided by the other; for example, the ratio of 7 to 4 can be written 7:4 or 7/4. A ratio can often also be expressed as a decimal or percentage.

noun. The relation between two similar magnitudes in respect to quantity; the relation between two similar quantities in respect to how many times one makes so many times the other.

noun. Proportion of relations or conditions; coincident agreement or variation; correspondence in rate; equivalence of relative movement or change.

noun. Reason; cause: often used as a Latin word in current Latin phrases.

noun. In musical acoustics, the relation between the vibration-numbers of two tones. It is the physical or mathematical representation of the interval between them.

noun. In civil law. an account; a cause, or the giving of judgment therein.

noun. Loosely, a direct and simple ratio: as, the weights of bodies are in the direct ratio of their masses—that is, the weight of one is to that of another as the mass of the former is to that of the latter. Also direct proportion

noun. See progression.

noun. A ratio not compound.

noun. 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 3/6 or 1/2; of a to b by a/b; or (less commonly) the second term is made the dividend; as, a:b = b/a.

noun. Hence, fixed relation of number, quantity, or degree; rate; proportion.

noun. See under Compound, Duplicate, etc.

noun. undefined

noun. undefined

noun. the constant quantity by which each term is multiplied to produce the succeeding one.

noun. A number representing a comparison between two things.

noun. The relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient).

noun. Short for ratio decidendi.

noun. the relation between things (or parts of things) with respect to their comparative quantity, magnitude, or degree

noun. the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient)

"These laws are often stated thus: the ratio of the octave to the fundamental is as two is to one; that of the major third as five is to four; that of the perfect fifth as three is to two, and so on through the entire series of pitches embraced within the octave, the _ratio_ being of course the same for all octaves."

alternate ratio  anharmonic ratio  arithmetical ratio  at a geometrical ratio  capacity ratio  

obiter  obiter dictum  ratio decidendi  

magnitude relation  quantitative relation  

analysis  associativity  density  distribution  estimate  

Vernunft  amount  analogousness  arithmetical proportion  balance