Both Uses of
ratio
in
The Fountainhead
- Its value and its civilization are in inverse ratio to that extortion.†
Chpt 1.9 *
- It was an inverse ratio in Scarret's calculations: every filthy adjective thrown at Dominique created sympathy for Wynand in the reader's mind; this fed Scarret's smear talent.†
Chpt 4.17
Definition:
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(ratio) the relative magnitudes of two quantities -- often expressed as a:b (which could also be expressed as the fraction a/b)editor's notes: For example, if a freshman class at a college is comprised of 400 men and 600 women, the ratio of men to women can be expressed as 400:600 or 4:6 or as the fraction 4/6 = ~67%