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proportion::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | ratio |
| Type of | quantitative relation, magnitude relation |
an inordinate proportion of the book is given over to quotations.
a dry martini has a large proportion of gin.
proportion::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | balance, proportionality |
| Type of | arrangement, placement |
proportion::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | symmetry |
| Type of | equipoise, equilibrium, balance, counterbalance |
proportion::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | adjust, set, correct |
| Has types | scale up, scale down |
proportion::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | quotient |
| Has types | per centum, percent, percentage, batting average, rate, pct, case-to-infection ratio, case-to-infection proportion, case-fatality proportion, scale, golden section, golden mean, content |
Examples of proportion
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That's a higher proportion of construction jobs lost than the statewide average.
From the sacbee.com
Certainly the proportion of Chinese tradables that the US still produces is low.
From the economist.com
An animal's daily energy use usually increases in direct proportion to its mass.
From the newscientist.com
In America, profits are running at around a 40-year high as a proportion of GDP.
From the economist.com
Another company, Highpoint Pictures, estimated the proportion at 2 to 5 percent.
From the stltoday.com
In fact, football was accountable for the greatest proportion of these injuries.
From the sciencedaily.com
A surprisingly high proportion of the strippers interviewed were first children.
From the time.com
Unlike Pinter, however, Samperi fails to draw his characters in full proportion.
From the time.com
The nation would never again see such a high proportion of women camp followers.
From the post-gazette.com
- Give pleasant proportions to; "harmonize a building with those surrounding it"
- The quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole
- Adjust in size relative to other things
- Magnitude or extent; "a building of vast proportions"
- Symmetry: balance among the parts of something
- The relation between things (or parts of things) with respect to their comparative quantity, magnitude, or degree; "an inordinate proportion of the book is given over to quotations"; "a dry martini has a large proportion of gin"
- Proportion is the relation between elements and a whole. (jvr)
- In mathematics, two quantities are said to be proportional if they vary in such a way that one of the quantities is a constant multiple of the other, or equivalently if they have a constant ratio.
- A quantity of something that is part of the whole amount or number; harmonious relation of parts to each other or to the whole; proper or equal share; the relation of one part to another or to the whole with respect to magnitude, quantity, or degree; A statement of equality between two ...
