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proportional

Pronunciation: /prəˈpɔːʃ(ə)n(ə)l/

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Definition of proportional

adjective

  • corresponding in size or amount to something else:the punishment should be proportional to the crime
  • Mathematics (of a variable quantity) having a constant ratio to another quantity.

Derivatives

proportionality

Pronunciation: /-ˈnalɪti/

noun

proportionally

adverb

Origin:

late Middle English: from late Latin proportionalis, from proportio(n-) (see proportion)

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