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UK
/pɹəpˈɔːʃənəl/
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[ US /pɹəˈpɔɹʃənəɫ/ ]
[ US /pɹəˈpɔɹʃənəɫ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- having a constant ratio
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properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to'
earnings relative to production
the punishment ought to be proportional to the crime
NOUN
- one of the quantities in a mathematical proportion
How To Use proportional In A Sentence
- T, sea level rise would also contain a term proportional to the time derivative of temperature, dT/dt. RealClimate
- The monopoly in politics, or bossism, may possibly be abolished by direct legislation or by proportional representation.
- And Archimedes proved from his axioms on the lever that two unequal weights balance at distances from the fulcrum that are inversely proportional to their weights.
- The principle of proportionality - do not use a sledgehammer to crack a nut - is straight forward logic.
- Kepler's third law of planetary motion says that the square of the planet's orbital period is proportional to the cube of its semimajor axis.
- This shows countries drawn as geometric blocks whose size is proportional to the nation's total GDP.
- A dense wood will have proportionally more elasticity and resistance, but also a greater margin of shrinkage and swelling.
- With their proportionally short wings, long legs with robust femora, and large, robust feet (Bennett 2001), azhdarchids were likely to have been even better suited for terrestrial foraging than most other pterodactyloids. Archive 2006-04-01
- Voting will be by means of proportional representation with the number of seats a political party gets corresponding to its overall share of the vote.
- In this election, as in the last, almost every female candidate would have to be elected for the assembly to reach proportional representation.
