Definition of proportion

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Proportion (n.) The portion one receives when a whole is distributed by a rule or principle; equal or proper share; lot.

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Tower :: Tower (n.) A mass of building standing alone and insulated, usually higher than its diameter, but when of great size not always of that proportion..
Extreme :: Extreme (n.) The first or the last term of a proportion or series.
Proportionate :: Proportionate (a.) Adjusted to something else according to a proportion; proportional.
Homolographic :: Homolographic (a.) Preserving the mutual relations of parts, especially as to size and form; maintaining relative proportion..
Strong :: Strong (superl.) Full of spirit; containing a large proportion of alcohol; intoxicating; as, strong liquors..
Genet :: Genet (n.) A small-sized, well-proportioned, Spanish horse; a jennet..
Alternate :: Alternate (n.) A proportion derived from another proportion by interchanging the means.
Anisomeric :: Anisomeric (a.) Not isomeric; not made of the same components in the same proportions.
Justness :: "Justness (n.) The quality of being just; conformity to truth, propriety, accuracy, exactness, and the like; justice; reasonableness; fairness; equity; as, justness of proportions; the justness of a description or representation; the justness of a cause..
Brachycephalous :: Brachycephalous (a.) Having the skull short in proportion to its breadth; shortheaded; -- in distinction from dolichocephalic.
Gothic :: Gothic (a.) Of or pertaining to a style of architecture with pointed arches, steep roofs, windows large in proportion to the wall spaces, and, generally, great height in proportion to the other dimensions -- prevalent in Western Europe from about 1200 to 1475 a. d. See Illust. of Abacus, and Capital..
Disproportioned :: Disproportioned (imp. & p. p.) of Disproportio.
Harmonical :: Harmonical (a.) Having relations or properties bearing some resemblance to those of musical consonances; -- said of certain numbers, ratios, proportions, points, lines. motions, and the like..
Superpurgation :: Superproportion (n.) Overplus or excess of proportion.
Malconformation :: Malconformation (n.) Imperfect, disproportionate, or abnormal formation; ill form; disproportion of parts..
Thermometer :: Thermometer (n.) An instrument for measuring temperature, founded on the principle that changes of temperature in bodies are accompained by proportional changes in their volumes or dimensions..
Commensurate :: Commensurate (a.) Equal in measure or extent; proportionate.
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..
Proportionally :: Proportionally (adv.) In proportion; in due degree; adapted relatively; as, all parts of the building are proportionally large..
Bar :: Bar (n.) A piece of wood, metal, or other material, long in proportion to its breadth or thickness, used as a lever and for various other purposes, but especially for a hindrance, obstruction, or fastening; as, the bars of a fence or gate; the bar of a door..
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