Definition of proportion

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

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Subcartilaginous :: Subcarbureted (a.) United with, or containing, carbon in less than the normal proportion..
Quadruplicate :: Quadruplicate (a.) Fourfold; doubled twice; four times repeated; as, a quadruplicate ratio, or a quadruplicate proportion..
Proportion :: Proportion (v.) To form with symmetry or suitableness, as the parts of the body..
Disproportionality :: Disproportionality (n.) The state of being disproportional.
Match :: Match (v. t.) To make equal, proportionate, or suitable; to adapt, fit, or suit (one thing to another)..
Antecedent :: Antecedent (n.) The first of the two terms of a ratio; the first or third of the four terms of a proportion. In the ratio a:b, a is the antecedent, and b the consequent..
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..
Frame :: Frame (n.) Form; shape; proportion; scheme; structure; constitution; system; as, a frameof government..
Inequality :: Inequality (n.) Disproportion to any office or purpose; inadequacy; competency; as, the inequality of terrestrial things to the wants of a rational soul..
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..
Isomeric :: Isomeric (a.) Having the same percentage composition; -- said of two or more different substances which contain the same ingredients in the same proportions by weight, often used with with. Specif.: (a) Polymeric; i. e., having the same elements united in the same proportion by weight, but with different molecular weights; as, acetylene and benzine are isomeric (polymeric) with each other in this sense. See Polymeric. (b) Metameric; i. e., having the same elements united in the same proportions
Fineness :: Fineness (a.) The proportion of pure silver or gold in jewelry, bullion, or coins..
Slice :: Slice (v. t.) A plate of iron with a handle, forming a kind of chisel, or a spadelike implement, variously proportioned, and used for various purposes, as for stripping the planking from a vessel's side, for cutting blubber from a whale, or for stirring a fire of coals; a slice bar; a peel; a fire shovel..
Symmetry :: Symmetrize (v. t.) To make proportional in its parts; to reduce to symmetry.
Square :: Square (n.) Exact proportion; justness of workmanship and conduct; regularity; rule.
Proportion :: Proportion (n.) The rule of three, in arithmetic, in which the three given terms, together with the one sought, are proportional..
Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) An undue or unnatural temper, or disproportionate mixture of parts..
Quotum :: Quotum (n.) Part or proportion; quota.
Mortality :: Mortality (n.) The whole sum or number of deaths in a given time or a given community; also, the proportion of deaths to population, or to a specific number of the population; death rate; as, a time of great, or low, mortality; the mortality among the settlers was alarming..
Split :: Split (n.) the substitution of more than one share of a corporation's stock for one share. The market price of the stock usually drops in proportion to the increase in outstanding shares of stock. The split may be in any ratio, as a two-for-one split; a three-for-two split..
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