Definition of proportional

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

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Proportionable :: Proportionable (a.) Capable of being proportioned, or made proportional; also, proportional; proportionate..
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..
Progression :: Progression (n.) Regular or proportional advance in increase or decrease of numbers; continued proportion, arithmetical, geometrical, or harmonic..
Proportionately :: Proportionately (adv.) In a proportionate manner; with due proportion; proportionally.
Disproportional :: Disproportional (a.) Not having due proportion to something else; not having proportion or symmetry of parts; unsuitable in form, quantity or value; inadequate; unequal; as, a disproportional limb constitutes deformity in the body; the studies of youth should not be disproportional to their understanding..
Parameter :: Parameter (n.) Specifically (Conic Sections), in the ellipse and hyperbola, a third proportional to any diameter and its conjugate, or in the parabola, to any abscissa and the corresponding ordinate..
Proportionably :: Proportionably (adv.) Proportionally.
Hodograph :: Hodograph (n.) A curve described by the moving extremity of a line the other end of which is fixed, this line being constantly parallel to the direction of motion of, and having its length constantly proportional to the velocity of, a point moving in any path; -used in investigations respecting central forces..
Proportion :: Proportion (n.) The rule of three, in arithmetic, in which the three given terms, together with the one sought, are proportional..
Club :: Club (v. t.) To raise, or defray, by a proportional assesment; as, to club the expense..
Disproportionable :: Disproportionable (a.) Disproportional; unsuitable in form, size, quantity, or adaptation; disproportionate; inadequate..
Prorate :: Prorate (v. t.) To divide or distribute proportionally; to assess pro rata.
Proportional :: Proportional (a.) Constituting a proportion; having the same, or a constant, ratio; as, proportional quantities; momentum is proportional to quantity of matter..
Quota :: Quota (n.) A proportional part or share; the share or proportion assigned to each in a division.
Proportionate :: Proportionate (a.) Adjusted to something else according to a proportion; proportional.
Proportional :: Proportional (n.) The combining weight or equivalent of an element.
Proportional :: Proportional (n.) Any number or quantity in a proportion; as, a mean proportional..
Disproportionally :: Disproportionally (adv.) In a disproportional manner; unsuitably in form, quantity, or value; unequally..
Symmetry :: Symmetrize (v. t.) To make proportional in its parts; to reduce to symmetry.
Mesolabe :: Mesolabe (n.) An instrument of the ancients for finding two mean proportionals between two given lines, required in solving the problem of the duplication of the cube..
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