All 4 Uses of
ratio
in
Girl Interrupted
- Even with our high staff-to-pattent ratio, two-toones often meant restricted to the ward.†
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- Without Daisy, the staff-to patient ratio was higher than usual: five patients, three nurses.†
- The nurses were less nervous on the street that day, spring fever making them careless—or perhaps the staff-to-patient ratio was a more comfortable one for them.†
- Sex Ratio.†
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%