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Webster 1913 Edition


Proportional

Pro-por′tion-al

,
Adj.
[L.
proportionalis
: cf. F.
proportionnel
.]
1.
Having a due proportion, or comparative relation; being in suitable proportion or degree;
as, the parts of an edifice are
proportional
.
Milton.
2.
Relating to, or securing, proportion.
Hutton.
3.
(Math.)
Constituting a proportion; having the same, or a constant, ratio;
as,
proportional
quantities; momentum is
proportional
to quantity of matter
.
Proportional logarithms
,
logistic logarithms. See under
Logistic
.
Proportional scale
,
a scale on which are marked parts proportional to the logarithms of the natural numbers; a logarithmic scale.
Proportional
scales, compasses, dividers
, etc.
(Draughting)
,
instruments used in making copies of drawings, or drawings of objects, on an enlarged or reduced scale.

Pro-por′tion-al

,
Noun.
1.
(Math.)
Any number or quantity in a proportion;
as, a mean
proportional
.
2.
(Chem.)
The combining weight or equivalent of an element.
[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Proportional

PROPORTIONAL

,
Adj.
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.
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.]
Proportionals, in geometry, are quantities, either linear or numeral, which bear the same ratio or relation to each other.

Definition 2024


proporțional

proporțional

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Romanian

Adjective

proporțional m, n (feminine singular proporțională, masculine plural proporționali, feminine and neuter plural proporționale)

  1. proportional

Declension

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