2. Noun. (informal) A person's figure. ¹
3. Verb. (third-person singular of proportion) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Proportions
1. proportion [v] - See also: proportion
Lexicographical Neighbors of Proportions
Literary usage of Proportions
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"This gives fixed and certain proportions in the compound, as a general rule.
But the specification goes on to say that the proportions of the ingredients ..."
2. Vitruvius, the Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio (1914)
"CHAPTER V Proportions OF THE BASE, CAPITALS, AND ENTABLATURE IN THE IONIC ORDER 1.
... But if Ionic bases are to be built, their proportions shall be so ..."
3. Proceedings of the Annual Convention by Mid-West Cement Users' Association (1907)
"SELECTING THE Proportions FOR CONCRETE. ... has stimulated investigations into
the effect of varying the relative proportions of sand and stone in the mix, ..."
4. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller (1860)
"(9) The first of these laws is the law of Definite Proportions, which although
of great simplicity, is one of fundamental importance to the science of ..."
5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1903)
"The numerical proportions observed in two successive seasons are shown in ...
These are precisely the theoretical proportions, A-)-2A(B) + B. In the case of ..."
6. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by Great Britain Court of Chancery, Edward Thurlow Thurlow, Alexander Wedderburn Rosslyn, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins (1845)
"... equal shares and proportions undivided for and during their respective lives,
with remainder to their issue severally and respectively in tail general, ..."
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