Definition of proportion

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Proportion (n.) A part considered comparatively; a share.

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Proportional :: Proportional (a.) Having a due proportion, or comparative relation; being in suitable proportion or degree; as, the parts of an edifice are proportional..
Cupric :: Cupric (a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, copper; containing copper; -- said of those compounds of copper in which this element is present in its lowest proportion..
Rate :: Rate (n.) That which is established as a measure or criterion; degree; standard; rank; proportion; ratio; as, a slow rate of movement; rate of interest is the ratio of the interest to the principal, per annum..
Malconformation :: Malconformation (n.) Imperfect, disproportionate, or abnormal formation; ill form; disproportion of parts..
Fellowship :: Fellowship (n.) The rule for dividing profit and loss among partners; -- called also partnership, company, and distributive proportion..
Neutralization :: Neutralization (n.) The act or process by which an acid and a base are combined in such proportions that the resulting compound is neutral. See Neutral, a., 4..
Proportional :: Proportional (n.) The combining weight or equivalent of an element.
Assize :: Assize (n.) A statute or ordinance in general. Specifically: (1) A statute regulating the weight, measure, and proportions of ingredients and the price of articles sold in the market; as, the assize of bread and other provisions; (2) A statute fixing the standard of weights and measures..
Subsided :: Subsextuple (a.) Having the ratio of one to six; as, a subsextuple proportion..
Craniology :: Craniology (n.) The department of science (as of ethnology or archaeology) which deals with the shape, size, proportions, indications, etc., of skulls; the study of skulls..
How :: How (adv.) To what degree or extent, number or amount; in what proportion; by what measure or quality..
Photo-epinasty :: Photo-epinasty (n.) A disproportionately rapid growth of the upper surface of dorsiventral organs, such as leaves, through the stimulus of exposure to light..
Stintance :: Stint (v. t.) Quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted.
Font :: Font (n.) A complete assortment of printing type of one size, including a due proportion of all the letters in the alphabet, large and small, points, accents, and whatever else is necessary for printing with that variety of types; a fount..
Elephantine :: Elephantine (a.) Pertaining to the elephant, or resembling an elephant (commonly, in size); hence, huge; immense; heavy; as, of elephantine proportions; an elephantine step or tread..
Clean-limbed :: Clean-limbed (a.) With well-proportioned, unblemished limbs; as, a clean-limbed young fellow..
Difform :: Difform (a.) Irregular in form; -- opposed to uniform; anomalous; hence, unlike; dissimilar; as, to difform corolla, the parts of which do not correspond in size or proportion; difform leaves..
Attemperament :: Attemperament (n.) A tempering, or mixing in due proportion..
Taste :: Taste (n.) The power of perceiving and relishing excellence in human performances; the faculty of discerning beauty, order, congruity, proportion, symmetry, or whatever constitutes excellence, particularly in the fine arts and belles-letters; critical judgment; discernment..
As :: As (adv. & conj.) Denoting equality or likeness in kind, degree, or manner; like; similar to; in the same manner with or in which; in accordance with; in proportion to; to the extent or degree in which or to which; equally; no less than; as, ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil; you will reap as you sow; do as you are bidden..
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