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Proportion   /prəpˈɔrʃən/   Listen
Proportion

noun
1.
The quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole.
2.
Magnitude or extent.  Synonym: dimension.
3.
Balance among the parts of something.  Synonym: symmetry.
4.
The relation between things (or parts of things) with respect to their comparative quantity, magnitude, or degree.  Synonym: ratio.  "A dry martini has a large proportion of gin"
5.
Harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design).  Synonyms: balance, proportionality.
verb
(past & past part. proportioned; pres. part. proportioning)
1.
Give pleasant proportions to.
2.
Adjust in size relative to other things.



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"Proportion" Quotes from Famous Books



... been, though Alexander had never been born and Julius Caesar had died in his cradle. But the occurrences that enter into the history of Palestine possess an influence on human affairs which has no other limits than the existence of the species, and which will be everywhere more deeply felt in proportion as society advances in knowledge and refinement. The greatest nations upon earth trace their happiness and civilization to its benign principles and lofty sanctions. Science, freedom, and security, attend its progress among all conditions of men; raising the low, befriending ...
— Palestine or the Holy Land - From the Earliest Period to the Present Time • Michael Russell
... end of the third century, and put into Latin mainly those portions of Babrius which are unparalleled by Phaedrus. Consequently, as I have shown, he has a much larger proportion of Eastern elements than Phaedrus. There can be little doubt that the Ass in the Lion's Skin is from India. As Prof. Rhys-Davids remarks, the Indian form gives a plausible motive for the masquerade which is wanting in the ordinary ...
— Indian Fairy Tales • Collected by Joseph Jacobs
... of a career of this sort is in exact proportion to the amount of capital, real or assumed, invested in it. Monsieur Linders' capital was very small; his francs and credit both were soon exhausted, and began to find that making-believe to paint pictures was hardly a paying business. He tried to take portraits, attempted etching, gambled, and, ...
— My Little Lady • Eleanor Frances Poynter
... sprang to his feet and announced in vibrant tones that he had been a practising vegetarian from birth and could affirm from personal experience that a vegetable diet, so far from suppressing the passions, actually stimulated them; and he offered to prove from statistics that vegetarians, in proportion to their number, had been more frequently engaged in romantic philandering than carnivorous persons had. Look at Shelley!... He could assure those present that he was as amorous and passionate as any ...
— The Foolish Lovers • St. John G. Ervine
... Iberian coast to the southward runs almost at right angles with that of Gascony. As it is, while the climate is mild, Biarritz and the other cities on the coasts of the Gulf of Gascony have a fair proportion of what sailors, the ...
— Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 4 (of 10) • Various


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