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Proportion
Proportion
n.
The
relation
or
adaptation
of
one
portion
to
another
, or to
the
whole
, as
respect
magnitude
,
quantity
, or
degree
;
comparative
relation
;
ratio
; as,
the
proportion
of
the
parts
of a
building
, or of
the
body
.
Proportion
n.
Harmonic
relation
between
parts
, or
between
different
things
of
the
same
kind
;
symmetrical
arrangement
or
adjustment
;
symmetry
; as, to be
out
of
proportion
.
Proportion
n.
The
portion
one
receives
when
a
whole
is
distributed
by a
rule
or
principle
;
equal
or
proper
share
;
lot
.
Proportion
n.
A
part
considered
comparatively
; a
share
.
Proportion
n.
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
.
Proportion
n.
The
rule
of
three
, in
arithmetic
, in
which
the
three
given
terms
,
together
with
the
one
sought
,
are
proportional
.
Proportion
v.
To
adjust
in a
suitable
proportion
, as
one
thing
or
one
part
to
another
; as, to
proportion
the
size
of a
building
to
its
height
; to
proportion
our
expenditures
to
our
income
.
Proportion
v.
To
form
with
symmetry
or
suitableness
, as
the
parts
of
the
body
.
Proportion
v.
To
divide
into
equal
or
just
shares
; to
apportion
.
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