| 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. |
| Proportionable |
a. |
Capable of being proportioned, or made proportional; also, proportional; proportionate. |
| Proportionably |
adv. |
Proportionally. |
| Proportional |
a. |
Having a due proportion, or comparative relation; being in suitable proportion or degree; as, the parts of an edifice are proportional. |
| Proportional |
a. |
Relating to, or securing, proportion. |
| Proportional |
a. |
Constituting a proportion; having the same, or a constant, ratio; as, proportional quantities; momentum is proportional to quantity of matter. |
| Proportional |
n. |
Any number or quantity in a proportion; as, a mean proportional. |
| Proportional |
n. |
The combining weight or equivalent of an element. |
| Proportionality |
n. |
The state of being in proportion. |
| Proportionally |
adv. |
In proportion; in due degree; adapted relatively; as, all parts of the building are proportionally large. |
| Proportionate |
a. |
Adjusted to something else according to a proportion; proportional. |
| Proportionate |
v. |
To make proportional; to adjust according to a settled rate, or to due comparative relation; to proportion; as, to proportionate punishment to crimes. |
| Proportionated |
imp. & p. p. |
of Proportionate |
| Proportionately |
adv. |
In a proportionate manner; with due proportion; proportionally. |
| Proportionateness |
n. |
The quality or state of being proportionate. |
| Proportionating |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Proportionate |
| Proportioned |
imp. & p. p. |
of Proportion |
| Proportioning |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Proportion |
| Proportionless |
a. |
Without proportion; unsymmetrical. |
| Proportionment |
n. |
The act or process of dividing out proportionally. |
