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"Proportional" in a Sentence (15 examples)
The number of muffins that you'll receive will be inversely proportional to the number of times you talk on IRC.
The exit flow rate is proportional to the pressure difference around the exit valve.
The electricity cost is proportional to the total resistance of the circuit.
Rapidity of rise may be inversely proportional to duration at altitude.
The force of gravity between two objects is proportional to the product of the two masses, and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between their centers of mass.
The acceleration of a body is proportional to the force acting on the body and inversely proportional to the mass of the body.
Law II: The alteration of motion is ever proportional to the motive force impressed; and is made in the direction of the right line in which that force is impressed.
Stamp duties are directly proportional to the purchase price of a house.
The tax you pay is proportional to the income you have.
The Liberal Democrats demand proportional representation for elections in the UK.
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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.
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.
This ensures consistency across your website design so that you don't end up with elements that are not adequately proportional with each other.
A font is proportional if all characters in the font have different widths due to their various sizes.
It is almost superfluous to remark that the numbers attached to the elements of compounds are those of the proportionals in which they combine […]
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