Thesaurus: proportional

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1. a. Having a due proportion, or comparative relation; being in suitable proportion or degree; as, the parts of an edifice are proportional.
2. a. Relating to, or securing, proportion.
3. a. Constituting a proportion; having the same, or a constant, ratio; as, proportional quantities; momentum is proportional to quantity of matter.
4. n. Any number or quantity in a proportion; as, a mean proportional.
5. n. The combining weight or equivalent of an element.
6. adj. properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by ‘to’
7. adj. having a constant ratio
8. n. one of the quantities in a mathematical proportion
9. Any number or quantity in a proportion; as, a meanproportional.
10. j:100 n. one of the quantities in a mathematical proportion s. properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to' s. having a constant ratio