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Proportional [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Having a due comparative relation; being in suitable proportion or degree; as, the parts of an edifice are proportional In pharmacy, medicines are compounded of certain proportional quantities of ingredients. The velocity of a moving body is proportional to the impelling force, when the quantity of matter is given; its momentum is proportional to the quantity of matter it contains, when its velocity is given.

2. PROPORTIONAL , in chimistry, a term employed in the theory of definite proportions, to denote the same as the weight of an atom or a prime. [ See Prime .]

3. PROPORTIONAL s, in geometry, are quantities, either linear or numeral, which bear the same ratio or relation to each other.

Proportional [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Having a due proportion, or comparative relation; being in suitable proportion or degree; as, the parts of an edifice are proportional.

2. Relating to, or securing, proportion.

3. Constituting a proportion; having the same, or a constant, ratio; as, proportional quantities; momentum is proportional to quantity of matter.

Proportional [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Any number or quantity in a proportion; as, a mean proportional.

2. The combining weight or equivalent of an element.

Proportionality [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The quality of being in proportion.

Proportionality [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The state of being in proportion.

Proportionally [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

In proportion; in due degree; with suitable comparative relation; as all parts of a building being proportionally large.

Proportionally [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

In proportion; in due degree; adapted relatively; as, all parts of the building are proportionally large.

Relation Roget’s Thesaurus §9

N. relation, bearing, reference, connection, concern, cognation, correlation, analogy, similarity, affinity, homology, alliance, homogeneity, association, approximation, filiation, interest, relevancy, dependency, relationship, relative position, comparison, ratio, proportion, link, tie, bond of union

V. be related, have a relation, relate to, refer to, bear upon, regard, concern, touch, affect, have to do with, pertain to, belong to, appertain to, answer to, interest, bring into relation with, bring to bear upon, connect, associate, draw a parallel, link

Adj. relative, correlative, cognate, relating to, relative to, in relation with, referable or referrible to, belonging to, appurtenant to, in common with, related, connected, implicated, associated, affiliated, allied to, en rapport, in touch with, approximative, approximating, proportional, proportionate, proportionable, allusive, comparable, in the same category, like, relevant, applicable, equiparant

Adv. relatively, pertinently, thereof, as to, as for, as respects, as regards, about, concerning, anent, relating to, as relates to, with relation, with reference to, with respect to, with regard to, in respect of, while speaking of, a propos of, in connection with, by the way, by the by, whereas, for as much as, in as much as, in point of, as far as, on the part of, on the score of, quoad hoc, pro re nata, under the head of of, in the matter of, in re

Phr. "thereby hangs a tale"

Number Roget’s Thesaurus §84

N. number, symbol, numeral, figure, cipher, digit, # integer, counter, round number, formula, function, series, sum, difference, complement, subtrahend, product, multiplicand, multiplier, multiplicator, coefficient, multiple, dividend, divisor, factor, quotient, submultiple, fraction, rational number, surd, irrational number, transcendental number, mixed number, complex number, complex conjugate, numerator, denominator, decimal, circulating decimal, repetend, common measure, aliquot part, prime number, prime, relative prime, prime factor, prime pair, reciprocal, totient, binary number, octal number, hexadecimal number, permutation, combination, variation, election, ratio, proportion, comparison, progression, arithmetical progression, geometrical progression, harmonical progression, percentage, permilage, figurate numbers, pyramidal numbers, polygonal numbers, power, root, exponent, index, logarithm, antilogarithm, modulus, base, differential, integral, fluxion, fluent

Adj. numeral, complementary, divisible, aliquot, reciprocal, prime, relatively prime, fractional, decimal, figurate, incommensurable, proportional, exponential, logarithmic, logometric, differential, fluxional, integral, totitive, positive, negative, rational, irrational, surd, radical, real, complex, imaginary, finite, infinite, impossible

Adv. numerically, modulo