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proportional
/pɹəˈpɔɹʃənəl/
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What does proportional mean?
adjective
- At a constant ratio (to). Two magnitudes (numbers) are said to be proportional if the second varies in a direct relation arithmetically to the first. Symbol: ∝.
- In proportion (to), proportionate.
- Of a typeface, having characters with natural (non-uniform) width (in contrast to monospace typefaces).
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noun
- (archaic) A proportion.
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IPA pronunciation
/pɹəˈpɔɹʃənəl/
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The course of events will be a series of overturns, whose number and violence will be proportional to the activity of capital.
This is also shown by the proportional triennial averages of crimes and offences placed on record, and of persons condemned to imprisonment.
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Evidence gradually accumulated that the amounts of actinium in radio-active minerals were, roughly at any rate, proportional to the amounts of uranium.
Nevertheless, in the few cases in which the proportional numbers have been actually observed, the males appear to be largely in excess.
The exhalation and evaporation of the juices of trees, by whatever process effected, take up atmospheric heat and produce a proportional refrigeration.