proportion

noun

1. 1

   A quantity of something that is part of the whole amount or number.

   “I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera, the gorged dowagers, the worn-out, passionless men, the enervated matrons of the summer capital,[…]!”

2. 2

   Harmonious relation of parts to each other or to the whole.

3. 3

   Proper or equal share.

   Let the women[…]do the same things in their proportions and capacities.

4. 4

   The relation of one part to another or to the whole with respect to magnitude, quantity, or degree.

   the proportion of the parts of a building, or of the body

   The image of Christ made in Pilate's time after his own proportion.

   Formed in the best proportions of her sex.

5. 5

   A statement of equality between two ratios.

6. 6

   archaicThe "rule of three", in which three terms are given to find a fourth.

7. 7

   Size.

   The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;[…]. Now she had come to look upon the matter in its true proportions, and her anticipation of a possible chance of teaching him a lesson was a pleasure to behold.

   What other television show would feature a gorgeously designed sequence where a horrifically mutated Pierre and Marie Curie, their bodies swollen to Godzilla-like proportions from prolonged exposure to the radiation that would eventually kill them, destroy an Asian city with their bare hands like vengeance-crazed monster-Gods?

verb

1. 1

   To divide into proper shares; to apportion.

   In order to proportion the braking force to the weight carried by a wheel - a matter of special importance in the braking of wagons - variable leverage systems are now being introduced in which the end of one axle spring is linked to a control spring in the change-over valve, so automatically varying the leverage exerted by the brake-rod according to whether the wagon is full or empty.

2. 2

   To form symmetrically.

3. 3

   To set or render in proportion.

4. 4

   archaicTo correspond to.

Forms

plural

proportions

past tense

proportioned

past participle

proportioned

present participle

proportioning

third person singular

proportions