Proportion is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for PROPORTION in dictionary:

VERB:
• to adjust (a part or thing) in size relative to other parts or things
• adjust or regulate (something) so that it has a particular or suitable relationship to something else
• To adjust in a suitable proportion, as one thing or one part to another; as, to proportion the size of a building to its height; to proportion our expenditures to our income.
• To form with symmetry or suitableness, as the parts of the body.
• To divide into equal or just shares; to apportion.
• give pleasant proportions to
• adjust in size relative to other things
NOUN:
• a part, share, or number considered in comparative relation to a whole
• the relationship of one thing to another in terms of quantity, size, or number; ratio
• the comparative measurements or size of different parts of a whole
• dimensions; size
• the correct, attractive, or ideal relationship between one thing and another or between the parts of a whole
• the relation of one thing to another in magnitude
• The relation or adaptation of one portion to another, or to the whole, as respect magnitude, quantity, or degree; comparative relation; ratio; as, the proportion of the parts of a building, or of the body.
• Harmonic relation between parts, or between different things of the same kind; symmetrical arrangement or adjustment; symmetry; as, to be out of proportion.
• The portion one receives when a whole is distributed by a rule or principle; equal or proper share; lot.
• A part considered comparatively; a share.
• The equality or similarity of ratios, especially of geometrical ratios; or a relation among quantities such that the quotient of the first divided by the second is equal to that of the third divided by the fourth; -- called also geometrical proportion, in distinction from arithmetical proportion, or that in which the difference of the first and second is equal to the difference of the third and fourth.
• The rule of three, in arithmetic, in which the three given terms, together with the one sought, are proportional.
• the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole
• magnitude or extent
• balance among the parts of something
• the relation between things (or parts of things) with respect to their comparative quantity, magnitude, or degree
• harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design)
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• harmonious relation of parts to each other or to the whole; balance, symmetry

Words related to PROPORTION

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How to use PROPORTION in a sentence

• Field Marshal Haig announced that the proportion of German losses to those of the Allies in the Picardy offensive were greater than at any other period of the war.
• To be thankful for what we grasp exceeding our proportion is to add hypocrisy to injustice.
• Secondly, a large proportion of unmarried women live at home.
• The houses diminish in height in proportion as they are built on the slant of the mountain from the bottom to the top, those at the bottom being the loftiest.
• Nearly every thing is better now in the United States than it was fifty years ago, and a much larger proportion of the people possess the means of enjoying and improving life.
• The science of grammar, whatever we may suppose to be its just limits, does not appear to have been better cultivated in proportion as its scope was narrowed.
• For it is obvious that they will extend the usefulness of our Paper, in proportion as they increase its circulation.
• The reason why such realism is bad art is not because the details are untrue, but because the proportion is wrong.
• Proportion has been observed in all the parts, especially in the relation of the larger to the smaller orders, and in the balance of the doors and windows.
• The farm, as I have already said, furnished a full proportion of the daily supplies, and the General was the farmer.
• On the whole, perhaps, and in proportion to their number, there is less harassing, wearing anxiety in the homes of the poor than in those of the wealthy.
• But trees may produce plenty of seed and yet fail to maintain their proper proportion in the forest.
• A vast proportion have remained in useful health, and a small number have lost a part of their gains.
• As a general rule, in proportion as the intellect is developed, the animal passions are brought into subjection.
• Fraunhofer makes the proportion twenty-seven to one hundred and nine.
• More than this, a considerable proportion of the children are so seriously defective in hearing that their school work suffers severely.
• When, we advance to Manhood, we are held wise in proportion to our Shame and Regret for the Rashness and Extravagance of Youth.
• The houses are not built in streets, nor with any regularity, its population therefore, compared with that of European towns, is by no means in proportion to its size.
• A man is a moral being in proportion as he can enter into, and realize, the feelings, sentiments, and opinions of others.
• A mixture of apples and peaches, in the proportion of one third of the former to two thirds of the latter, makes a firmer jelly than peaches alone.
• No Premier has attempted to constitute a Ministry in which a given proportion of Irishmen or Scotchmen should balance a certain proportion of Englishmen.
• In some countries very few convictions may take place in proportion to the number accused, while in other countries the proportion may be very considerable.

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