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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Disproportionable :: Disproportionable (a.) Disproportional; unsuitable in form, size, quantity, or adaptation; disproportionate; inadequate..
Average :: Average (a.) Pertaining to an average or mean; medial; containing a mean proportion; of a mean size, quality, ability, etc.; ordinary; usual; as, an average rate of profit; an average amount of rain; the average Englishman; beings of the average stamp..
Anisomeric :: Anisomeric (a.) Not isomeric; not made of the same components in the same proportions.
Sectionalism :: Sectionalism (n.) A disproportionate regard for the interests peculiar to a section of the country; local patriotism, as distinguished from national..
Burden :: Burden (n.) The proportion of ore and flux to fuel, in the charge of a blast furnace..
Isologous :: Isologous (a.) Having similar proportions, similar relations, or similar differences of composition; -- said specifically of groups or series which differ by a constant difference; as, ethane, ethylene, and acetylene, or their analogous compounds, form an isologous series..
Pro Rata :: Pro rata () In proportion; proportionately; according to the share, interest, or liability of each..
After :: After (prep.) According to the direction and influence of; in proportion to; befitting.
Tower :: Tower (n.) A structure appended to a larger edifice for a special purpose, as for a belfry, and then usually high in proportion to its width and to the height of the rest of the edifice; as, a church tower..
Neogen :: Neogen (n.) An alloy resembling silver, and consisting chiefly of copper, zinc, and nickel, with small proportions of tin, aluminium, and bismuth..
Combination :: Combination (n.) The act or process of uniting by chemical affinity, by which substances unite with each other in definite proportions by weight to form distinct compounds..
Asymmetrical :: Asymmetrical (a.) Not symmetrical; wanting proportion; esp., not bilaterally symmetrical..
Prolation :: Prolation (n.) A mediaeval method of determining of the proportionate duration of semibreves and minims.
Standard :: Standard (n.) The proportion of weights of fine metal and alloy established by authority.
Far :: Far (adv.) In a great proportion; by many degrees; very much; deeply; greatly.
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
Billon :: Billon (n.) An alloy of gold and silver with a large proportion of copper or other base metal, used in coinage..
Elephantine :: Elephantine (a.) Pertaining to the elephant, or resembling an elephant (commonly, in size); hence, huge; immense; heavy; as, of elephantine proportions; an elephantine step or tread..
Club :: Club (v. t.) To raise, or defray, by a proportional assesment; as, to club the expense..
Anamorphosis :: Anamorphosis (n.) A distorted or monstrous projection or representation of an image on a plane or curved surface, which, when viewed from a certain point, or as reflected from a curved mirror or through a polyhedron, appears regular and in proportion; a deformation of an image..
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