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proportional en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. At a constant ratio (to). Two magnitudes (numbers) are said to be proportional if the second varies in a direct relation arithmetically to the first. Symbol: ∝.
    • For example, according to the gas laws, pressure is directly proportional to temperature: the quotient derived from pressure (numerator) and temperature (denominator) will be constant; however, pressure is inversely proportional to volume, meaning that the product between volume and pressure will be constant. 2012, David Ben-Chaim, Ratio and Proportion, page 34:
    • A vacuum-controlled straight air brake system is fitted, in which the driver's vacuum brake valve applies the train brake and makes a proportional application of the locomotive air brake. 1958 September 14, “Swindon's First Main-Line Diesel Locomotive”, in Railway Magazine, page 603:
  2. (US) In proportion (to), proportionate.
    • This ensures consistency across your website design so that you don't end up with elements that are not adequately proportional with each other. 2014, Aravind Shenoy, Learning Bootstrap:
  3. Of a typeface, having characters with natural (non-uniform) width (in contrast to monospace typefaces).
    • A font is proportional if all characters in the font have different widths due to their various sizes. 2013, Eric A. Meyer, CSS Fonts: Web Typography Possibilities, page 2:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
most proportional Degree=Sup lexicographic
more proportional Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

nonproportional · proportionalize · equiproportional · proportionalism · proportional analogy · directly proportional · inversely proportional · proportionalist · mean proportional · disproportional · unproportional · biproportional · multiproportional · overproportional · proportionality · proportionally · proportional navigation · proportional representation · subproportional

Synonyms

commensurate

Translations (39)

eo proporcia (at a constant ratio (to)) · ca proporcional (at a constant ratio (to)) · es proporcional (of a typeface) · el αναλογικός (proportionate — see also proportionate) · bg пропорциона́лен (proportionate — see also proportionate) · fr proportionnel (at a constant ratio (to)) · fi suhteutettu (proportionate — see also proportionate) · ro proporțională (at a constant ratio (to)) · ru соразме́рный (proportionate — see also proportionate) · ko 비례의 (at a constant ratio (to)) · fi verrannollinen (at a constant ratio (to)) · de proportional (at a constant ratio (to)) · es alícuota (of a typeface) · nb forholdsmessig (proportionate — see also proportionate) · es proporcional (at a constant ratio (to)) · es alícuota (at a constant ratio (to)) · ca proporcional (proportionate — see also proportionate) · it proporzionale (at a constant ratio (to)) · es alícuota (proportionate — see also proportionate) · gv lieh my lieh (proportionate — see also proportionate) · fi suhteellinen (of a typeface) · gv coreiragh (proportionate — see also proportionate) · ru пропорциона́льный (proportionate — see also proportionate) · ko 비율의 (at a constant ratio (to)) · ru пропорциона́льный (at a constant ratio (to)) · ga cionmhar (at a constant ratio (to)) · cs proporcionální (of a typeface) · es proporcional (proportionate — see also proportionate) · ko 비례하는 (at a constant ratio (to)) · pt proporcional (at a constant ratio (to)) · hu egyenesen arányos (at a constant ratio (to)) · ga comhréireach (at a constant ratio (to)) · gv freggyrtagh (at a constant ratio (to)) · hu arányos (proportionate — see also proportionate) · nl evenredig (at a constant ratio (to)) · ro proporțional (at a constant ratio (to)) · nb forholdsmessig (at a constant ratio (to)) · id proporsional (at a constant ratio (to)) · hy համեմատական (at a constant ratio (to))

proportional en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (archaic) A proportion.
    • It is almost superfluous to remark that the numbers attached to the elements of compounds are those of the proportionals in which they combine […] 1828, William Thomas Brande, Tables in Illustration of the Theory of Definite Proportionals, page xiii:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
proportionals Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

mixed-member proportional