[noun] [C] [plural] ratios - the relationship between two groups or amounts, which expresses how much bigger one is than the otherThe ratio of men to women at the conference was ten to one/10:1.The school is trying to improve its pupil-teacher ratio (= the number of teachers compared with the number of students).
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Meaning of RATIO in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012