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US
/pɹəˌpɔɹʃəˈnæɫɪti/
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[ UK /pɹəpˌɔːʃənˈælɪti/ ]
[ UK /pɹəpˌɔːʃənˈælɪti/ ]
NOUN
- a ratio of two quantities that is constant
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harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design)
in all perfectly beautiful objects there is found the opposition of one part to another and a reciprocal balance
How To Use proportionality In A Sentence
- The principle of proportionality - do not use a sledgehammer to crack a nut - is straight forward logic.
- Euclid wished to discover whether there existed a simple geometrical proportionality between the apparent size of equal and parallel lines and their distances from the eye.
- The constant of proportionality was taken to be a universal constant of nature.
- If sales growth is lower than inventory growth, inventories are liquidated to once again restore proportionality.
- The American Law Institute recently revised the Model Penal Code's sentencing provisions, calling for a renewed commitment to proportionality based on the gravity of offenses, the "blameworthiness" of offenders, and the "harms done to crime victims. Walker on Herbert Wechsler, the Model Penal Code, and the Uses of Revenge
- The best hope was that it would offer other safe harbors and define proportionality more flexibly.
- The page states Newton's second law of motion as mass and acceleration having a relationship of inverse proportionality.
- Some of these decisions are applications of the requirement of proportionality of punishment to offence.
- That disproportion brings unhappiness we know - not always, of course, practicing proportionality ourselves.
- He talked about proportionality in linear and non-linear relationships.
