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Proportional
adj, noun
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Adjective
- 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: ∝.
"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."
- 2 In proportion (to), proportionate. US
"This ensures consistency across your website design so that you don't end up with elements that are not adequately proportional with each other."
- 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."
Adjective
- 1 properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by ‘to’ wordnet
- 2 having a constant ratio wordnet
Noun
- 1 A proportion. archaic
"It is almost superfluous to remark that the numbers attached to the elements of compounds are those of the proportionals in which they combine […]"
- 2 one of the quantities in a mathematical proportion wordnet
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