proportion
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3.2
- noun
- /prəˈpɔrʃən/
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proporción
- I love the proportions, the light.
- sense of proportion
- proper proportions
- body proportions
And another important P is a sense of proportion.
- And another important P is a sense of proportion.
- The next way in which a building has an effect upon consciousness is through its proportions and its measurements.
- That person has lost their sense of proportion and reality.
- So really being very exact with the proportions of the model, the proportions in the tree and tree tree theory really allows you to do that.
- Then on here proportions are a little bit off.
- I wouldn't go for big flowers for size proportions reasons.
Examples
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But overall, your body is in good proportion.
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In Germany you vote for parties and they get seats in proportion to the number of votes of the parties.
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At eight, it is bigger, but still in proportion, for she is bigger, too.
Fiction book (1990) -
I think I represent a good proportion of normal people in terms of how our eyes look.
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The telescope is a partnership in which each partner gets time in proportion to the money they pay.
Academic text (1996) -
His limbs were in proportion, and I had selected his features as beautiful.
Fiction book (2002) -
The next way in which a building has an effect upon consciousness is through its proportions and its measurements.
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A single bed would not harmonize with the proportions of the room.
Fiction book (2001) -
Yet the gap between proportions in student bodies and faculties remains significant.
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The architect achieved a pleasing proportion in the layout of the building.
Synonyms
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2.5
A situation where different things are in the right amount and are stable
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7.4
A balanced arrangement of parts that makes a whole look right
A size or amount that fairly matches something else
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
The part of people who have a disease and die from it, often shown as a percent
- Specialized
The percentage of infections that become known as cases
- Specialized
A rule that a pure material always contains the same elements in the same amounts by weight, for example water
How Balanced
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Proportion comes from pro- and portio 'share', and you can picture giving each part the right share so the whole looks balanced. That's why proportion in art means parts are arranged in a pleasing, balanced way.