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Proportional

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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Proportionate 84% connected

Adjusted to something else according to a proportion; proportional.

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Proportionate 84% connected

Adjusted to something else according to a proportion; proportional.

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Quantity 76% connected

To modify or qualify with respect to quantity; to fix or express the quantity of; to rate.

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Proportion 70% connected

The relation or adaptation of one portion to another, or to the whole, as respect magnitude, quantity, or degree; comparative relation; ratio; as, th…

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Relative 92% connected

Having relation or reference; referring; respecting; standing in connection; pertaining; as, arguments not relative to the subject.

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Absolute adjective · 78% connection

Viewed apart from modifying influences or without comparison with other objects; actual; real; -- opposed to relative and comparative;…

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Agriology noun · 78% connection

Description or comparative study of the customs of savage or uncivilized tribes.

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Alternate noun · 78% connection

A proportion derived from another proportion by interchanging the means.

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Answer noun · 78% connection

To be or act in accommodation, conformity, relation, or proportion to; to correspond to; to suit.

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Assay noun · 78% connection

The act or process of ascertaining the proportion of a particular metal in an ore or alloy; especially, the determination of the propo…

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Chime noun · 78% connection

Pleasing correspondence of proportion, relation, or sound.

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Comparative noun · 78% connection

the comparative form of an adjective or adverb; "‘faster’ is the comparative of the adjective ‘fast’"; "‘less famous’ is the comparati…

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Comparative degree noun · 78% connection

the comparative form of an adjective or adverb; "‘faster’ is the comparative of the adjective ‘fast’"; "‘less famous’ is the comparati…

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Compare verb · 78% connection

To inflect according to the degrees of comparison; to state positive, comparative, and superlative forms of; as, most adjectives of on…

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Construct verb · 78% connection

To put together the constituent parts of (something) in their proper place and order; to build; to form; to make; as, to construct an…

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Contingent noun · 78% connection

That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a suitable share; proportion; esp., a quota of troops.

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Contrast verb · 78% connection

To set in opposition, or over against, in order to show the differences between, or the comparative excellences and defects of; to com…

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Disjoint verb · 78% connection

To separate at junctures or joints; to break where parts are united; to break in pieces; as, disjointed columns; to disjoint and edifi…

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Disposition noun · 78% connection

The state or the manner of being disposed or arranged; distribution; arrangement; order; as, the disposition of the trees in an orchar…

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Disproportional adjective · 78% connection

Not having due proportion to something else; not having proportion or symmetry of parts; unsuitable in form, quantity or value; inadeq…

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Dissolve verb · 78% connection

To separate into competent parts; to disorganize; to break up; hence, to bring to an end by separating the parts, sundering a relation…

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Dose noun · 78% connection

To proportion properly (a medicine), with reference to the patient or the disease; to form into suitable doses.

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Equal adjective · 78% connection

Bearing a suitable relation; of just proportion; having competent power, abilities, or means; adequate; as, he is not equal to the tas…

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