Words Like PROPORTION
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25 Alternative Words Similar to proportion
4 examples of proportion
1
the proportion of the parts of a building, or of the body
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to be out of proportion
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to proportion the size of a building to its height; to proportion our expenditures to our income.
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a dry martini has a large proportion of gin
10 definitions of proportion
1
The relation or adaptation of one portion to another, or to the whole, as respect magnitude, quantity, or degree; comparative relation; ratio.
2
Harmonic relation between parts, or between different things of the same kind; symmetrical arrangement or adjustment; symmetry.
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The portion one receives when a whole is distributed by a rule or principle; equal or proper share; lot.
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A part considered comparatively; a share.
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The equality or similarity of ratios, especially of geometrical ratios; or a relation among quantities such that the quotient of the first divided by the second is equal to that of the third divided by the fourth; -- called also geometrical proportion, in distinction from arithmetical proportion, or that in which the difference of the first and second is equal to the difference of the third and fourth.
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The rule of three, in arithmetic, in which the three given terms, together with the one sought, are proportional.
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To adjust in a suitable proportion, as one thing or one part to another
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To form with symmetry or suitableness, as the parts of the body.
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To divide into equal or just shares; to apportion.
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the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole