proportion
When things are in proportion, they are proportionate — their relative magnitudes are in balance and make sense the way they are. When the punishment fits the crime, it’s proportionate. Artists, designers, architects, and plastic surgeons are all people who care deeply about whether things are proportionate.
What is proportional sentence?
Definition of Proportional. related or balanced in size, amount, or degree when compared to something else. Examples of Proportional in a sentence. 1. Police officers could use proportional force against the violent protestors but could not go overboard.
How do you use proportionally?
Examples of proportionally
- If the true mortality rates were lower than we assumed, then the effects observed would be proportionally less.
- For one thing, proportionally, he has not published nearly as many works on criminal procedure as he has on other subjects.
What’s another word for proportionate?
What is another word for proportionate?
| proportional | commensurate |
|---|---|
| corresponding | comparable |
| correspondent | relative |
| commensurable | equivalent |
| consistent | correlative |
What does Nonproportional mean?
Non-Proportional: A non-proportional graph is a straight line that does not go through the origin.
Does proportional mean equal?
When something is proportional to something else, it does not mean the values are equal, just that they change with respect to eachother. The constant of proportionality serves as a multiplier.
What’s the difference between proportionally and proportionately?
As nouns the difference between proportion and proportionality. is that proportion is (countable) a quantity of something that is part of the whole amount or number while proportionality is (uncountable) the property of being proportional.
Which word would best replace foresee?
Synonyms of foresee
- anticipate,
- divine,
- forefeel,
- foreknow,
- prevision.
