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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Words that contain 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.

Similar words containing PROPOR without suffix tion

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