In a sentence
Six example sentences with ratio, each labelled with its topic.
Bread dough holds its shape when you keep a ratio of five parts flour to three parts water by weight.
Cooking
A company carrying two dollars of debt for every dollar of equity has a ratio most lenders consider aggressive.
Finance
His assist to turnover ratio climbed from one to nearly four once the coach moved him permanently to point guard.
Basketball
Switching the camera to a square ratio instead of three by two changed how she framed every portrait.
Photography
A perfect fifth is a frequency ratio of three to two, which is why the two notes blend so cleanly.
Music
The architect kept a window ratio of one part glass to three parts wall, so the rooms stayed cool in August.
Architecture
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