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English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]proportional (comparative more proportional, superlative most proportional)
- (mathematics) At a constant ratio (to). Two magnitudes (numbers) are said to be proportional if the second varies in a direct relation arithmetically to the first. Symbol: ∝.
- 2012, David Ben-Chaim, Ratio and Proportion, page 34:
- For example, according to the gas laws, pressure is directly proportional to temperature: the quotient derived from pressure (numerator) and temperature (denominator) will be constant; however, pressure is inversely proportional to volume, meaning that the product between volume and pressure will be constant.
- (chiefly US) In proportion (to), proportionate.
- 2014, Aravind Shenoy, Learning Bootstrap:
- This ensures consistency across your website design so that you don't end up with elements that are not adequately proportional with each other.
- Of a typeface, having characters with natural (non-uniform) width (in contrast to monospace typefaces).
- 2013, Eric A. Meyer, CSS Fonts: Web Typography Possibilities, page 2:
- A font is proportional if all characters in the font have different widths due to their various sizes.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]at a constant ratio (to)
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proportionate
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of a typeface
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Noun
[edit]proportional (plural proportionals)
- (mathematics, geometry, archaic) A proportion.
- 1828, William Thomas Brande, Tables in Illustration of the Theory of Definite Proportionals, page xiii:
- It is almost superfluous to remark that the numbers attached to the elements of compounds are those of the proportionals in which they combine […]
Derived terms
[edit]Danish
[edit]Adjective
[edit]proportional
Inflection
[edit]| Inflection of proportional | |||
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| Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
| Indefinte common singular | proportional | — | —2 |
| Indefinite neuter singular | proportionalt | — | —2 |
| Plural | proportionale | — | —2 |
| Definite attributive1 | proportionale | — | — |
| 1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. | |||
Further reading
[edit]German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Proportion + -al, from Latin prōportiōnālis. Doublet of proportionell.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]proportional (strong nominative masculine singular proportionaler, comparative proportionaler, superlative am proportionalsten)
- proportional
- Synonym: proportionell
Declension
[edit]Positive forms of proportional
Comparative forms of proportional
Superlative forms of proportional
Further reading
[edit]- “proportional” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “proportional” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “proportional” in Duden online
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