proportional
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4.7
- adjective
- /prəˈpɔrʃənl/
- Specialized
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proporcional
- Voltage is proportional to current in a circuit.
- inversely proportional
- directly proportional
- proportional to size
And the duration of that drop is proportional to how high the peak was.
- And the duration of that drop is proportional to how high the peak was.
- A linear algorithm would execute a number of steps linearly proportional to the size.
- Then we start to quickly build up the defenses or the response that's proportional to the scale of the storm.
Examples
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The force on the two objects is proportional to their masses.
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In other words, its rate of increase is proportional to the population that it has.
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So that means A is proportional to time.
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So the limit is basically the heat transfer rate is proportional to the service area.
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So it is directly proportional to T Is the temperature at time T?
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My dad always said that how much people like you is directly proportional to what you look like.
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Now the perimeter is proportional to the size of the edge.
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The rate of the separation seems to be proportional to the mass sent through.
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The volume of the sphere is proportional to R cubed.
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The distance an object travels is proportional to the time it is in motion.
Synonyms
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7.5
About the same size, amount, or degree as another thing
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5.1
The right size or amount compared with something else
Having a size, amount, or degree that matches something else
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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A way of choosing members of a parliament so parties get seats that match their number of votes
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A group where larger groups give more members and smaller groups give fewer members
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Choose people from each group so their numbers match group sizes in the population
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A device that detects and measures radiation by counting electric charges created inside a tube
- Specialized
A tube that detects radiation and gives an electrical signal showing how strong the radiation is
How Proportional
- Formal
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- Specialized
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5.9
- Formal
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Surface Forms
Morphology
proportional = proportion (transparent) = proportion + al
The adjective is a regular derivation from the noun 'proportion' with the suffix '-al', and the meaning is directly recoverable.
Etymology
The word proportional comes from the Latin parts pro- and portio, where portio means 'part' and is the same root as the English word portion. So, when two things are proportional, their 'parts' or amounts change together in the same way, which is why we use the word in math and when comparing amounts.