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Proportionality   /prəpˌɔrʃənˈælɪti/   Listen
Proportionality

noun
1.
A ratio of two quantities that is constant.
2.
Harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design).  Synonyms: balance, proportion.



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"Proportionality" Quotes from Famous Books



... null at the same time. Careful experiment proves that this is not the case. The sulphate of copper gives compressing deposits on a thermometer which is undoubtedly cooling; chloride of zinc of a density 200 can give expanding deposits on a thermometer which is heating. There is, therefore, no proportionality; but it must be remarked that the temperature of the metal which is deposited does not depend only on the quantities of heat disengaged in an interval of molecular thickness which is infinitely small compared with the thickness of the layer, of which the variations ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 288 - July 9, 1881 • Various
... distance from the line of the sun's direct light, it would have been hopeless to attempt to remedy chromatic aberration. Newton took it for granted that this was so. But the experiments of Hall and the Dollonds showed that there is no such strict proportionality between the dispersive and refractive powers of different kinds of glass. It accordingly becomes possible to correct the chromatic aberration of one glass ...
— Half-hours with the Telescope - Being a Popular Guide to the Use of the Telescope as a - Means of Amusement and Instruction. • Richard A. Proctor


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