Proportion, pro-por -shun, s

the comparative relation Prosaism, of any one thing to another; symmetry; a suitable adaptation of one part or thing to another; the Proscenium, identity or similitude of two ratios; equal or just share; a rule by which, when three numbers are Proscribe, given, a fourth number is found; an equality of arithmetical ratios [Arith.]: v.a. to adjust the comparative relation of one thing to another; to form symmetrically (L. pro, and portion). Harmonical Proscriber, proportion, a relation of three or four quantities Proscription, such that the first is to the last as the difference between the two first is to the difference between to the two last. Inverse proportion, a proportion Proscriptive, where the ratio of first to second is as that of fourth