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[Pref. pro-, and Greek pous (gen it. podos ) = a foot.] Comp. Anat .: The anterior portion of the foot of a mollusk. prop-o-lis, subst. [Gr. propolis: pref. pro-, and polis a city.] Entom.: A species of glutinous resin, of aromatic odor, reddish-brown color, becoming darker and firmer. It is soluble in alcohol, ether, and fixed and volatile oils, imparting to the solvent a beautiful red color. Huber found the varnish exuding from the buds of the wild poplar to be chemically identical with propolis. With this substance bees line the inside and all projecting portions of their hives, and cover all foreign substances too heavy for removal. If a snail should find its way into a hive, it is stung to death, and then neatly covered with propolis. prō-pōne', *pro-poune, v. t. [Lat. propono =to set forth: pro =forward, and pono to set.] [PROPOUND.] *1. Ord. Lang.: To put forward; to propose, to propound. "Your highnes had by your or a tours proponed certain offres."- State Papers ; Wolsey to Henry VIII . (1527.) 2. Scots Law : To state; to bring forward. Scots Law : Pleas stated in a court and repelled previous to decree being given. pro-pon-ent, a. & s. [Lat. proponens , pr. par. of propono to propone (q. v.).] A. As adj .: Putting forward or making propos- als; proposing. "The cardinal proponent of the Holy Roman Church." -Barrow: Pope's Supremacy. (Introd.) pro-pör-tion, *pro-por-ci-on, s. [Fr. prop or tion , from Lat. proportionem , acc us. of proportio = (q. v.); Sp. prop or cion ; Ital. proporzione .] I. Ordinary Language : 1. The comparative relation of one thing to another as regards size, quantity, extent, degree, .; ratio. 205 proportional 2. Settled relation of comparative quantity; equal or corresponding degree. "Proportion is the measure of relative quantity." Burke : Sublime and Beautiful , pt. iii., § 2. 3. The relation of one part to another, or to the whole with respect to magnitude; the relative size and arrangement of parts. "Formed in the best proportions of her sex, Rowena was tall in stature."-Scott: Ivanhoe, ch. iv. 4. Symmetrical arrangement; symmetry; the symmetrical adaptation or adjustment of parts in a whole. 5. That which falls to one's lot when a whole is divided according to a rule or principle; just share. lot. or portion. II. Technically : 1. Arch .. Art , .: That due observance of the balance of all parts, in a statue or picture, which constitutes excellence. 2. Arith .: A rule by which from three given quantities a fourth may be found bearing the same ratio to the third as the second bears to the first. Also called the Rule of Three. 3. Math .: The relation which one quantity bears to another of the same kind, with respect to magnitude or numerical value. This relation may be expre ed in two ways: (1) By the difference of the quantities, and (2) by their quotient. When the relation is expre ed by their difference, it is called an Arithmetical Proportion; when by their quotient, Geometrical Proportion, or simply Proportion. Four quantities are in proportion when the ratio of the first to the second is equal to the ratio of the third to the fourth; this relation is expre ed algebraically thus: a:b::c:d. This expre ion is called a proportion; it is read, a is to bas c is to d, and is equivalent to the expre ion b + a =d+c. Hence a proportion may be defined to be the algebraic expre ion of equality of ratios. (1) Compound proportion : The equality of the ratio of two quantities to another ratio, the antecedent and consequent of which are respectively the products of the antecedents and consequents of two or more ratios. (2) Continued proportion : [CONTINUED, (4).1 (3) Harmonical (or musical ) proportion : [HARMONICAL-PROPORTION.] (4) Reciprocal proportion : A proportion in which the first term is to the second as the fourth to the third, 4:2::3:6. (5) Rhythmical proportion : Music: The proportion in relation to time or measure between different notes representing durations; thus, the semibreve is to the minim as 2: 1, the semibreve to the crotchet as 4: 1. (6) Simple proportion: The relation of equality subsisting between two ratios. pro-pör-tion, v. t. [Fr. proportionner.] [PROPORTION, 8.] 1. To adjust in a suitable proportion; to adjust harmoniously to something else as regards dimensions or extent. "If Fate Proportion to these themes my lengthen'd date.' Cowper: Death of Damon. (Trans.) 2. To divide proportionately; to apportion. 3. To form in due proportions or with symmetry; to give a symmetrical form to. "Nature had proportioned her without any fault."Sidney: Arcadia. *4. To bear proportion or adequate relation to; to equal. "His ransom must proportion the lo es we have borne."-Shakesp.: Henry IV ., Pt . II ., iv. 1. pro-pör-tion-a-ble, a . [Eng. proportion ; -able .] 1. Capable of being proportioned or made proportional. 2. Being in proportion; bearing a due comparative relation; corresponding, equal, proportional. "The Pope thought it the only remedy proportionable to the malady." -Clarendon : Religion and Policy. 3. Well-proportioned, symmetrical.