All 3 Uses of
ratio
in
The Secret Hour
- The long trip from factory to junkyard had weathered some pieces to certain proportions, small rods with elegant ratios of length and width, scarred old bolts with harmonious spacings between their dents.†
Chpt 8 *
- There are certain numbers and patterns and ratios that freak them out, basically.†
Chpt 12
- Dess was also on some new navigation trip, doing star sightings with a homemade sextant, excited about some new numerological secret she was keeping from the rest of them, her mind wrapped up in the pure world of angles and ratios.†
Chpt 31
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%