Disproportion :: Disproportion (n.) Want of proportion in form or quantity; lack of symmetry; as, the arm may be in disproportion to the body; the disproportion of the length of a building to its height..

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..

Disproportion :: Disproportion (v. t.) To make unsuitable in quantity, form, or fitness to an end; to violate symmetry in; to mismatch; to join unfitly..

Disproportionable :: Disproportionable (a.) Disproportional; unsuitable in form, size, quantity, or adaptation; disproportionate; inadequate..

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..

Disproportionality :: Disproportionality (n.) The state of being disproportional.

Disproportionally :: Disproportionally (adv.) In a disproportional manner; unsuitably in form, quantity, or value; unequally..

Disproportionate :: Disproportionate (a.) Not proportioned; unsymmetrical; unsuitable to something else in bulk, form, value, or extent; out of proportion; inadequate; as, in a perfect body none of the limbs are disproportionate; it is wisdom not to undertake a work disproportionate means..

Disproportioned :: Disproportioned (imp. & p. p.) of Disproportio.

Disproportioning :: Disproportioning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disproportio.

Improportionable :: Improportionable (a.) Not proportionable.

Improportionate :: Improportionate (a.) Not proportionate.

Misproportion :: Misproportion (v. t.) To give wrong proportions to; to join without due proportion.

Overproportion :: Overproportion (v. t.) To make of too great proportion.

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

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

Proportion :: 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 :: Proportion (n.) The rule of three, in arithmetic, in which the three given terms, together with the one sought, are proportional..

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

Proportion :: Proportion (v.) To divide into equal or just shares; to apportion.

Proportionable :: Proportionable (a.) Capable of being proportioned, or made proportional; also, proportional; proportionate..

Proportionably :: Proportionably (adv.) Proportionally.

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

Proportional :: Proportional (a.) Relating to, or securing, proportion..

Proportional :: Proportional (a.) Constituting a proportion; having the same, or a constant, ratio; as, proportional quantities; momentum is proportional to quantity of matter..

Proportional :: Proportional (n.) Any number or quantity in a proportion; as, a mean proportional..

Proportional :: Proportional (n.) The combining weight or equivalent of an element.

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