- the relation between two similar magnitudes with respect to the number of times the first contains the second: the ratio of 5 to 2, written 5:2 or 5/2.
- proportional relation; rate: the ratio between acceptances and rejections.
- the relative value of gold and silver in a bimetallic currency system.
- (on Twitter) the proportion of replies to a tweet compared to the combined number of retweets and likes, where a high ratio usually indicates a barrage of negative replies: How is the Twitter ratio any different from other kinds of outraged cybermobs?LOL, then I added the reply, “Don't mind me, I'm just here for the ratio.”
- (on Twitter) to flood (a tweet or its author) with negative replies such that commenters as a group take control of the momentum and message away from the original poster: Political pundits trying to write provocative and edgy tweets are going to get ratioed sooner or later.
- a measure of the relative size of two classes expressible as a proportion
- a quotient of two numbers or quantities
