Proportion (IPA: /pɹəˈpɔɹʃən/)
| Proportion (n.) |
The relation or adaptation of one portion to another, or to the whole, as respect magnitude, quantity, or degree; comparative relation; ratio; as, the proportion of the parts of a building, or of the body. |
| Proportion (n.) |
Harmonic relation between parts, or between different things of the same kind; symmetrical arrangement or adjustment; symmetry; as, to be out of proportion. |
| Proportion (n.) |
The portion one receives when a whole is distributed by a rule or principle; equal or proper share; lot. |
| Proportion (n.) |
A part considered comparatively; a share. |
| Proportion (n.) |
The equality or similarity of ratios, especially of geometrical ratios; or a relation among quantities such that the quotient of the first divided by the second is equal to that of the third divided by the fourth; -- called also geometrical proportion, in distinction from arithmetical proportion, or that in which the difference of the first and second is equal to the difference of the third and fourth. |
| Proportion (n.) |
The rule of three, in arithmetic, in which the three given terms, together with the one sought, are proportional. |
| Proportion (v.) |
To adjust in a suitable proportion, as one thing or one part to another; as, to proportion the size of a building to its height; to proportion our expenditures to our income. |
| Proportion (v.) |
To form with symmetry or suitableness, as the parts of the body. |
| Proportion (v.) |
To divide into equal or just shares; to apportion. |
| Proportion |
Principle of architectural theory that describes the relationships between elements of a design |
| Proportion |
Equality ratio between two quantities |
| Proportion Synonyms |
Dimension |
| Proportion Synonyms |
Proportionality, Balance |
| Proportion Synonyms |
Symmetry |
Proportion Rhymes
Forshan, Portion |
Abortion, Apportion, Contortion, Distortion, Extortion, Proportion |
| Spanish Translation |
Proportion in Spanish is Proporción |
| Tagalog Translation |
Proportion in Tagalog is Kaugnayan |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "A luminous body will appear more brilliant in proportion as it is surrounded by deeper shadow." - Leonardo da Vinci |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " Entre esprit et talent il y a la proportion du tout à sa partié." - Genius |
| Example Sentence (Quote) " Government can't do anything for you except in proportion as it can do something to you." - William F. Buckley, Jr. |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "In giving, a man receives more than he gives, and the more is in proportion to the worth of the thing given." - Gifts |
| Example Sentence (Quote) "In proportion as society refines, new books must ever become more necessary." - Books |
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