Definition of proportion

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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..

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Overproportion :: Overproportion (v. t.) To make of too great proportion.
Contemperation :: Contemperation (n.) Proportionate mixture or combination.
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..
Average :: Average (n.) The equitable and proportionate distribution of loss or expense among all interested.
Rapport :: Rapport (n.) Relation; proportion; conformity; correspondence; accord.
Spine :: Spindling (a.) Long and slender, or disproportionately tall and slender; as, a spindling tree; a spindling boy..
Alcoholometry :: Alcoholometry (n.) The process or method of ascertaining the proportion of pure alcohol which spirituous liquors contain.
Conversion :: Conversion (n.) A change or reduction of the form or value of a proposition; as, the conversion of equations; the conversion of proportions..
Work :: Work (n.) The causing of motion against a resisting force. The amount of work is proportioned to, and is measured by, the product of the force into the amount of motion along the direction of the force. See Conservation of energy, under Conservation, Unit of work, under Unit, also Foot pound, Horse power, Poundal, and Erg..
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..
Neogen :: Neogen (n.) An alloy resembling silver, and consisting chiefly of copper, zinc, and nickel, with small proportions of tin, aluminium, and bismuth..
Miscible :: Miscible (a.) Capable of being mixed; mixable; as, water and alcohol are miscible in all proportions..
Acetimetry :: Acetimetry (n.) The act or method of ascertaining the strength of vinegar, or the proportion of acetic acid contained in it..
Alternate :: Alternate (n.) A proportion derived from another proportion by interchanging the means.
Disproportioned :: Disproportioned (imp. & p. p.) of Disproportio.
Standard :: Standard (n.) The proportion of weights of fine metal and alloy established by authority.
Bas-relief :: Bas-relief (n.) Low relief; sculpture, the figures of which project less than half of their true proportions; -- called also bassrelief and basso-rilievo. See Alto-rilievo..
Billon :: Billon (n.) An alloy of gold and silver with a large proportion of copper or other base metal, used in coinage..
Extent :: Extent (n.) Degree; measure; proportion.
Proportionable :: Proportionable (a.) Capable of being proportioned, or made proportional; also, proportional; proportionate..
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