proportional
noun
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L326019 on Wikidata ↗adjective
- in the same proportion
Wiktionary
adj
- 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: ∝.
“A vacuum-controlled straight air brake system is fitted, in which the driver's vacuum brake valve applies the train brake and makes a proportional application of the locomotive air brake.”
“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.”
- In proportion (to), proportionate.
“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).
“A font is proportional if all characters in the font have different widths due to their various sizes.”
noun
- A proportion.
“It is almost superfluous to remark that the numbers attached to the elements of compounds are those of the proportionals in which they combine […]”