Definition of proportion

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Proportion (v.) To form with symmetry or suitableness, as the parts of the body..

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Square :: Square (n.) Exact proportion; justness of workmanship and conduct; regularity; rule.
Tretys :: Tretys (a.) Long and well-proportioned; nicely made; pretty.
Homologous :: Homologous (a.) Having the same relative position, proportion, value, or structure..
Disproportion :: Disproportion (n.) Want of suitableness, adequacy, or due proportion to an end or use; unsuitableness; disparity; as, the disproportion of strength or means to an object..
Musical :: Musical (a.) Of or pertaining to music; having the qualities of music; or the power of producing music; devoted to music; melodious; harmonious; as, musical proportion; a musical voice; musical instruments; a musical sentence; musical persons..
Answerably :: Answerably (adv.) In an answerable manner; in due proportion or correspondence; suitably.
Part :: Part (n.) An equal constituent portion; one of several or many like quantities, numbers, etc., into which anything is divided, or of which it is composed; proportional division or ingredient..
Proportional :: Proportional (n.) The combining weight or equivalent of an element.
Sinusoid :: Sinusoid (n.) The curve whose ordinates are proportional to the sines of the abscissas, the equation of the curve being y = a sin x. It is also called the curve of sines..
Proportion :: Proportion (v.) To divide into equal or just shares; to apportion.
Polymeric :: Polymeric (a.) Having the same percentage composition (that is, having the same elements united in the same proportion by weight), but different molecular weights; -- often used with with; thus, cyanic acid (CNOH), fulminic acid (C2N2O2H2), and cyanuric acid (C3N3O3H3), are polymeric with each other..
Proportionless :: Proportionless (a.) Without proportion; unsymmetrical.
Pro- :: Pro- () A prefix signifying before, in front, forth, for, in behalf of, in place of, according to; as, propose, to place before; proceed, to go before or forward; project, to throw forward; prologue, part spoken before (the main piece); propel, prognathous; provide, to look out for; pronoun, a word instead of a noun; proconsul, a person acting in place of a consul; proportion, arrangement according to parts..
Dolomite :: Dolomite (n.) A mineral consisting of the carbonate of lime and magnesia in varying proportions. It occurs in distinct crystals, and in extensive beds as a compact limestone, often crystalline granular, either white or clouded. It includes much of the common white marble. Also called bitter spar..
Average :: Average (v. t.) To divide among a number, according to a given proportion; as, to average a loss..
Cuprous :: Cuprous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, copper; containing copper; -- said of those compounds of copper in which this element is present in its highest proportion..
Anamorphosis :: Anamorphosis (n.) A distorted or monstrous projection or representation of an image on a plane or curved surface, which, when viewed from a certain point, or as reflected from a curved mirror or through a polyhedron, appears regular and in proportion; a deformation of an image..
Underproportioned :: Underproportioned (a.) Of inadequate or inferior proportions; small; poor.
Subsextuple :: Subsesqui- () A prefix (also used adjectively) denoting the combination of constituents (especially electro-negative and electro-positive bodies) in the proportion of two to three; as, a subsesqui acetate, i. e., a salt having two equivalents of acetic acid to three of the base..
Answerable :: Answerable (a.) Proportionate; commensurate; suitable; as, an achievement answerable to the preparation for it..
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