proportional

Meanings

Plural: proportionals

Noun

• one of the quantities in a mathematical proportion
• A proportion.

Adjective Satellite

• properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to'
  • "the punishment ought to be proportional to the crime"
• having a constant ratio

Adj

• 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: ∝.
• In proportion (to), proportionate.
• Of a typeface, having characters with natural (non-uniform) width (in contrast to monospace typefaces).

Synonyms

relative

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