proportion
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
proportion/prəˈpɔːʃn/
▶noun
- 1 a part, share, or number considered in relation to a whole.
■ the ratio of one thing to another.
■ the correct or pleasing relation of things or between the parts of a whole.
- 2 (proportions) dimensions; size.
– phrases
in (or out of) proportion according (or not according) to a particular relationship in size, amount, or degree.
in (or out of) proportion according (or not according) to a particular relationship in size, amount, or degree.
■ regarded without (or with) exaggeration.
sense of proportion the ability to judge the relative importance of things.– derivatives
proportioned adjective.
proportioned adjective.
– origin ME: from OFr., from L. proportio(n-), from pro portione ‘in respect of (its or a person's) share’.
'proportion' also found in these Oxford entries:
according
- ad valorem
- albedo
- analogy
- bioavailability
- capital levy
- colon
- commensurate
- decimate
- deposit
- direct proportion
- disproportion
- double cream
- endomorph
- enrich
- eurhythmic
- fine
- fraction
- front-load
- golden section
- homologous
- imbalance
- in
- incommensurate
- inverse proportion
- inverse square law
- ironstone
- lead glass
- lean
- light water
- mix
- mononucleosis
- nitrox
- occupancy
- oximeter
- per-
- percentage
- Peters projection
- pie chart
- portion
- progressive
- proportional representation
- racemic
- reflectance
- relative
- rich
- saturated
- scale
- scrip
