Proportion: alternatives and connections

To make exact; to fit; to make correspondent or conformable; to bring into proper relations; as, to adjust a garment to the body, or things to a stan…

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The act of arranging or putting in an orderly condition; the state of being arranged or put in order; disposition in suitable form.

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An apparatus for weighing.

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Set right, or made straight; hence, conformable to truth, rectitude, or propriety, or to a just standard; not faulty or imperfect; free from error; a…

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To oppose with an equal weight or power; to counteract the power or effect of; to countervail; to equiponderate; to balance.

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Equality of weight or force; an equipoise or a state of rest produced by the mutual counteraction of two or more forces.

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Equality of weight or force; hence, equilibrium; a state in which the two ends or sides of a thing are balanced, and hence equal; state of being equa…

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To agree in action, adaptation, or effect on the mind; to agree in sense or purport; as, the parts of a mechanism harmonize.

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Extent of dimensions; size; -- applied to things that have length, breath, and thickness.

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The act of placing, or the state of being placed.

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The number resulting from the division of one number by another, and showing how often a less number is contained in a greater; thus, the quotient of…

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of Set

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Contained within limits; hence, having the desires limited by that which one has; not disposed to repine or grumble; satisfied; contented; at rest.

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A certain rate per cent; the allowance, duty, rate of interest, discount, or commission, on a hundred.

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To chide with vehemence; to scold; to censure violently.

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The dish of a balance; hence, the balance itself; an instrument or machine for weighing; as, to turn the scale; -- chiefly used in the plural when ap…

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The state of being in proportion.

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The state of being in proportion.

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Involving or exhibiting symmetry; proportional in parts; having its parts in due proportion as to dimensions; as, a symmetrical body or building.

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Involving or exhibiting symmetry; proportional in parts; having its parts in due proportion as to dimensions; as, a symmetrical body or building.

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To make proportional in its parts; to reduce to symmetry.

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To make proportional in its parts; to reduce to symmetry.

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A due proportion of the several parts of a body to each other; adaptation of the form or dimensions of the several parts of a thing to each other; th…

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A due proportion of the several parts of a body to each other; adaptation of the form or dimensions of the several parts of a thing to each other; th…

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Having a due proportion, or comparative relation; being in suitable proportion or degree; as, the parts of an edifice are proportional.

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An apparatus for weighing.

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Measure in a single line, as length, breadth, height, thickness, or circumference; extension; measurement; -- usually, in the plural, measure in leng…

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The state of being in proportion.

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The relation which one quantity or magnitude has to another of the same kind. It is expressed by the quotient of the division of the first by the sec…

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A due proportion of the several parts of a body to each other; adaptation of the form or dimensions of the several parts of a thing to each other; th…

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