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Definition of Proportion

1. Noun. The quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole.

2. Verb. Give pleasant proportions to. "Harmonize a building with those surrounding it"

3. Noun. Magnitude or extent. "A building of vast proportions"

4. Verb. Adjust in size relative to other things.

5. Noun. Balance among the parts of something.

6. Noun. The relation between things (or parts of things) with respect to their comparative quantity, magnitude, or degree. "A dry martini has a large proportion of gin"

7. Noun. Harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design). "In all perfectly beautiful objects there is found the opposition of one part to another and a reciprocal balance"

Definition of Proportion

1. 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.

2. v. t. 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.

Definition of Proportion

1. Noun. A quantity of something that is part of the whole amount or number. ¹

2. Noun. Harmonious relation of parts to each other or to the whole. ¹

3. Noun. Proper or equal share. ¹

4. Noun. The relation of one part to another or to the whole with respect to magnitude, quantity, or degree. ¹

5. Noun. (context: mathematics countable) A statement of equality between two ratios. ¹

6. Noun. (countable mostly plural) size ¹

7. Verb. (arts) To set or render in proportion. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Proportion

1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Proportion

propofol propogate propogated propogates propogating propolis propolises propone proponed proponency

proponent proponents propones proponing proport proportion (current term) proportionable proportionably proportional proportional analogy

proportional counter proportional counter tube proportional font proportional representation proportional sample proportional sampling proportionalities proportionality proportionally proportionals

Literary usage of Proportion

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle (1891)
"13 This proportion is called by the mathematicians a geometrical proportion ; for it is when four terms are in geometrical proportion that the sum [of the ..."

2. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith, Edward Gibbon Wakefield, Dugald Stewart (1843)
"The different masses of corn which in different years must supply the consumption of the world, will always be nearly in proportion to the respective ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"proportion, an equality of ratios; a series in which the first of any even ... is a geometrical proportion. The definition given above using the words "same ..."

4. The Lancet (1842)
"TABLE C, showing the Average proportion of Recoveries and the Mean Mortality, ... The object of the table is to show the proportion of " recoveries " in 100 ..."

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