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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


Words linked to "Proportionality" :   placement, proportion, factor of proportionality, commensurateness, proportional, proportionateness, correspondence, balance, arrangement, ratio


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