Proportion
The relation or adaptation of one portion to another, or to the whole, as respect magnitude, quantity, or degree; comparative relation; ratio; as, the proportion of the parts of a building, or of the body.
Harmonic relation between parts, or between different things of the same kind; symmetrical arrangement or adjustment; symmetry; as, to be out of proportion.
The portion one receives when a whole is distributed by a rule or principle; equal or proper share; lot.
A part considered comparatively; a share.
The equality or similarity of ratios, especially of geometrical ratios; or a relation among quantities such that the quotient of the first divided by the second is equal to that of the third divided by the fourth; -- called also geometrical proportion, in distinction from arithmetical proportion, or that in which the difference of the first and second is equal to the difference of the third and fourth.
The rule of three, in arithmetic, in which the three given terms, together with the one sought, are proportional.
To adjust in a suitable proportion, as one thing or one part to another; as, to proportion the size of a building to its height; to proportion our expenditures to our income.
To form with symmetry or suitableness, as the parts of the body.
To divide into equal or just shares; to apportion.
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Proportion Quotations
Commonsense is the realised sense of proportion.
Mahatma Gandhi
It is my own firm belief that the strength of the soul grows in proportion as you subdue the flesh.
Mahatma Gandhi
The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.
Vince Lombardi
A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone.
Henry David Thoreau
Men have a respect for scholarship and learning greatly out of proportion to the use they commonly serve.
Henry David Thoreau
Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse.
George Washington
It may be laid down as a primary position, and the basis of our system, that every Citizen who enjoys the protection of a Free Government, owes not only a proportion of his property, but even of his personal services to the defense of it.
George Washington
Hesitation increases in relation to risk in equal proportion to age.
Ernest Hemingway
Fear of death increases in exact proportion to increase in wealth.
Ernest Hemingway
The overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities a sense of humor and a sense of proportion.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Proportion Translations
proportion in Afrikaans is verhouding
proportion in Dutch is evenredigheid, proportie, verhouding
proportion in French is proportion
proportion in Italian is riferimento, dosaggio
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