proportional
Adjective

proportional

  1. (mathematics) At a constant ratio (to). Two magnitudes (numbers) are said to be proportional if the second varies in a direct relation arithmetically to the first. Symbol: ∝.
  2. (mostly, US) In proportion (to), proportionate.
  3. Of a typeface, having characters with natural (non-uniform) width (in contrast to monospace typefaces).
Translations Translations Noun

proportional (plural proportionals)

  1. (math, geometry, archaic) A proportion.
    • 1828, William Thomas Brande, Tables in Illustration of the Theory of Definite Proportionals, page xiii:
      It is almost superfluous to remark that the numbers attached to the elements of compounds are those of the proportionals in which they combine […]



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