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Misproportion :: Misproportion (v. t.) To give wrong proportions to; to join without due proportion.

Quotum :: Quotum (n.) Part or proportion; quota.

Spontaneous :: Spontaneous (a.) Proceding from natural feeling, temperament, or disposition, or from a native internal proneness, readiness, or tendency, without constraint; as, a spontaneous gift or proportion..

Consolidated :: Consolidated (p. p. & a.) Having a small surface in proportion to bulk, as in the cactus..

Apportionment :: Apportionment (n.) The act of apportioning; a dividing into just proportions or shares; a division or shares; a division and assignment, to each proprietor, of his just portion of an undivided right or property..

Conversion :: Conversion (n.) A change or reduction of the form or value of a proposition; as, the conversion of equations; the conversion of proportions..

Answerable :: Answerable (a.) Proportionate; commensurate; suitable; as, an achievement answerable to the preparation for it..

Unsymmetrical :: Unsymmetrical (a.) Wanting in symmetry, or due proportion pf parts..

Spine :: Spindling (a.) Long and slender, or disproportionately tall and slender; as, a spindling tree; a spindling boy..

Alethoscope :: Alethoscope (n.) An instrument for viewing pictures by means of a lens, so as to present them in their natural proportions and relations..

Prolation :: Prolation (n.) A mediaeval method of determining of the proportionate duration of semibreves and minims.

Clean-timbered :: Clean-timbered (a.) Well-proportioned; symmetrical.

Attemper :: Attemper (v. t.) To mix in just proportion; to regulate; as, a mind well attempered with kindness and justice..

Proportional :: Proportional (a.) Having a due proportion, or comparative relation; being in suitable proportion or degree; as, the parts of an edifice are proportional..

Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) An undue or unnatural temper, or disproportionate mixture of parts..

Bi- :: Bi- () In the composition of chemical names bi- denotes two atoms, parts, or equivalents of that constituent to the name of which it is prefixed, to one of the other component, or that such constituent is present in double the ordinary proportion; as, bichromate, bisulphide. Be- and di- are often used interchangeably..

Proportionate :: Proportionate (a.) Adjusted to something else according to a proportion; proportional.

Unequal :: Unequal (a.) Ill balanced or matched; disproportioned; hence, not equitable; partial; unjust; unfair..

Apportion :: Apportion (v. t.) To divide and assign in just proportion; to divide and distribute proportionally; to portion out; to allot; as, to apportion undivided rights; to apportion time among various employments..

Genus :: Genus (n.) An assemblage of species, having so many fundamental points of structure in common, that in the judgment of competent scientists, they may receive a common substantive name. A genus is not necessarily the lowest definable group of species, for it may often be divided into several subgenera. In proportion as its definition is exact, it is natural genus; if its definition can not be made clear, it is more or less an artificial genus..

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