Proportion

pro-por's hun, n. Arrangement of parts relation of one portion to another, or to the whole, with respect to magnitude or quantity relation of one thing to another in size, quantity, degree, etc. «qual or just share; lot; symmetrical arrangement, distribution, or adjustment. (Math.) Equality or.similarity of ratios, esp. of geometrical ratios the rule of 3 in arithmetic, in which the 3 given terms, together with the sought, are proportional. — v. ^proportioned (-shund), -tioning.] To adjust in a suitable proportion to form with symmetry or suitablene . [F. L. proportio, f pro and portio, a part, portion, q. v.] — In proportion. According as to the degree that. — Propor'tion able, a. Capable of being proportioned or made proportional proportional — Propor'tion able ne , n. — Propor'tionably, adv. — Propor'tional, a. Having a due proportion or comparative relation relating to, or securing, proportion. (Math.) Having the same, or a constant, ratio. — n. (Math.) Any number or quantity in a proportion. (Chem.) Same as Equivalent.— Propor'tional'ity, -al'Y-tl, n. Quality of being in proportion.— Proportionally, adv. In proportion in due degree. — Proportionate, -at, a. Adjusted to something else, according to a proportion; symmetrical; corresponding. — v. To make proportional to proportion. — Proportionately, adv. — Propor'tion a ten e , n.