Proportion meaning, definition and synonyms

1. Noun

The relation or adaptation of one portion to another, or to the whole, as respect magnitude, quantity, or degree; comparative relation; ratio; as, the proportion of the parts of a building, or of the body.

2. Noun

Harmonic relation between parts, or between different things of the same kind; symmetrical arrangement or adjustment; symmetry; as, to be out of proportion.

3. Noun

The portion one receives when a whole is distributed by a rule or principle; equal or proper share; lot.

4. Noun

A part considered comparatively; a share.

5. Noun

The equality or similarity of ratios, especially of geometrical ratios; or a relation among quantities such that the quotient of the first divided by the second is equal to that of the third divided by the fourth; -- called also geometrical proportion, in distinction from arithmetical proportion, or that in which the difference of the first and second is equal to the difference of the third and fourth.

6. Noun

The rule of three, in arithmetic, in which the three given terms, together with the one sought, are proportional.

7. Verb

To adjust in a suitable proportion, as one thing or one part to another; as, to proportion the size of a building to its height; to proportion our expenditures to our income.

8. Verb

To form with symmetry or suitableness, as the parts of the body.

9. Verb

To divide into equal or just shares; to apportion.

10. Noun

The share of the total represented by a group or outcome.

A part or share of a whole, commonly expressed as a fraction, decimal or percentage. Identify the relevant whole or denominator.

“A higher proportion of respondents selected the flexible option.”

Identify the relevant whole or denominator

11. Noun

magnitude or extent; "a building of vast proportions"

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12. Noun

the relation between things (or parts of things) with respect to their comparative quantity, magnitude, or degree; "an inordinate proportion of the book is given over to quotations"; "a dry martini has a large proportion of gin"

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13. Noun

the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole

Vocabulary classified under Mathematics

14. Noun

balance among the parts of something

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15. Noun

harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design); "in all perfectly beautiful objects there is found the opposition of one part to another and a reciprocal balance" - John Ruskin

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