noun
Meaning 1
the property of being proportional
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
proportionality
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 2
the principle that government action ought to be proportional to the ends achieved (e.g. the military should not be deployed to stop petty vandalism)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
the degree to which something is in proportion
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
Meaning 4
harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design)- John Ruskin
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- in all perfectly beautiful objects there is found the opposition of one part to another and a reciprocal balance
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: proportion, balance
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: placement, arrangement
noun
Meaning 5
a ratio of two quantities that is constant
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ratio
Narrower terms: commensurateness, correspondence, proportionateness
History
Etymology
From proportional + -ity, from Latin proportionalitas.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: пропорционалност (proporcionalnost) — the property of being proportional
- Catalan: proporcionalitat — the property of being proportional
- Finnish: suhteellisuus — the property of being proportional
- French: proportionnalité — the property of being proportional
- German: Proportionalität — the property of being proportional
- Greek: αναλογικότητα (analogikótita) — the property of being proportional
- Italian: proporzionalità — the property of being proportional
- Portuguese: proporcionalidade — the property of being proportional
- Russian: пропорциона́льность (proporcionálʹnostʹ) — the property of being proportional
- Spanish: proporcionalidad — the property of being proportional
- Swedish: proportionalitet — the property of being proportional
- Ukrainian: пропорційність (proporcijnistʹ) — the property of being proportional
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