The phrase "a smaller ratio" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when comparing two or more ratios to indicate that one is less than the other.
Example: "In this experiment, we found that the solution with a smaller ratio of solvent to solute produced better results."
Alternatives: "a lower ratio" or "a reduced ratio".
That is because most poor countries are already on programmes to cut their loans burdens down to a smaller ratio of their national income.
Taking On New Roles Roughly 1 in 20 of the 5,600 soldiers at Warhorse is female, a smaller ratio than in the military as a whole.
At the same time, the added gears make it feasible to use a smaller ratio spread between adjacent gears — for instance, fourth and fifth gears — to keep the engine revving at its best power level for a given road speed.
The extremely large size of Steller's sea cow functioned as an adaptation for survival in cool waters by providing the animal with a smaller ratio of surface area to volume than tropical sirenians, and the thick hide probably provided better insulation.
Note that a smaller ratio of the EMD plotted in the lower area of the graph indicates higher similarity.
Two supersaturated solutions having a supersaturation ratio of 1.2 and a smaller ratio were placed in the two compartments in the absence of seed crystals.
"We have a small ratio of clients to workers, so someone would know right away".
"It's not supposed to be a small ratio of women to men in fields," she said.
As shown in Eq. (15), a small ratio of m0max to m0min yields high f τ.
The situation for the structure B, with a small ratio of length to minimum cross section, is significantly different.
The 40,000 merchants who are using Card Case as well as Square's payments service is a small ratio but it's clear the opportunity for growth is definitely there.
