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proportional

UK
/prəˈpɔːʃənl/
US
/prəˈpɔrʃənl/
proportionaladjective
more proportional
Komp.
most proportional
Super.
Translations
The punishment should be proportional to the crime.
Наказание должно быть пропорционально преступлению.
Additional translations
соразмерный
Definitions
Corresponding in size or amount to something else.
The punishment should be proportional to the crime committed.
Having a constant ratio to another quantity.
The increase in salary was proportional to the increase in workload.
Relating to or based on proportion, especially the allocation of seats, resources, or representation according to relative size, votes, or population.
The country adopted a proportional voting system to ensure smaller parties were represented.
Synonyms
corresponding
commensurate
relative
equivalent
balanced
equal
matching
proportionalnoun
proportionals
Pl.
UK
/prəˈpɔːʃənl/
US
/prəˈpɔrʃənl/
Technical/archaic: a quantity involved in a proportion
Definitions
A number or quantity that forms part of a mathematical proportion.
In the sequence 2 : 4 :: 3 : 6, each number is a proportional.
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