/ˈɹeɪ.ʃi.əʊ/, /ˈɹeɪ.ʃəʊ/, /ˈɹeɪ.si.əʊ/
OriginBorrowed from Latin ratiō. Doublet of ration and reason.
- A number representing a comparison between two named things.
“Scientists believe that the sex ratio is equal at conception, explained Steven Orzack, president and senior research scientist of the Fresh Pond Research Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts.”
“On Monday, the issuer announced the addition of four new transfer partners — three airlines and one hotel chain — to its credit card rewards program, along with improved transfer ratios for several ex”
- The relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient).
- abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsisEllipsis of ratio decidendi.
- 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.
- Internet, transitiveTo 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.”
““Don’t help elect Trump, you egotistical billionaire a**hole,” the protester yelled. “Go back to getting ratioed on Twitter. Go back to Davos with the other billionaire elites who think they know how ”
“It used to be fun to watch tweets like that get ratioed back into their ugly corner of the internet.”
- neologismIndicates disagreement with a post the user disagrees with or dislikes.
“L + ratio”
“"Ratio. YoungBoy is better." "What?" "Make better music. You fell off."”
Formsratios(plural) · rationes(error-unknown-tag, plural, rare) · ratios(present, singular, third-person) · ratioing(participle, present) · ratioed(participle, past) · ratioed(past) · ratio'd(participle, past) · ratio'd(past)