ratio
UK /ˈɹeɪ.ʃi.əʊ/ · US /ˈɹeɪ.ʃoʊ/ noun, verb, interjection
Forms ratios rationes ratioing ratioed ratio'd
- noun A number representing a comparison between two named things.
- noun (arithmetic) The relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient).
- noun (social media) The number of comments to a post or other expression on social media relative to the number of likes; a high ratio suggests disagreement with the contents of the original post.
- verb (transitive, Internet slang) To respond to a post or message on social media in a greater number than the number of likes the post receives, especially to condemn or mock the original poster. “The politician's post was quickly ratioed due to its controversial nature.”
- interjection (neologism, Twitter) Indicates disagreement with a post the user disagrees with or dislikes. “L + ratio”
Synonyms
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ratiō. Doublet of ration and reason.
Webster’s 1913
- 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 a to b by a/b; or (less commonly) the second is made the dividend; as, a:b = b/a.
- noun Hence, fixed relation of number, quantity, or degree; rate; proportion; as, the ratio of representation in Congress. Compound ratio, Duplicate ratio, Inverse ratio, etc. See under Compound, Duplicate, etc. -- Ratio of a geometrical progression, the constant quantity by which each term is multiplied to produce the succeeding one.
Etymology [L., fr. reri, ratus, to reckon, believe, think, judge. See Reason.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “ratio”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details