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inverse proportion

(also inverse ratio)
Definition of inverse proportion

noun

  • a relation between two quantities such that one increases in proportion as the other decreases: the population of wild goats had been reduced in inverse proportion to that of snakes

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Definition of inverse proportion in the US English dictionary
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