Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

proportional analogy

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.35 in modern English

Syllables: pro-por-tion-al anal-o-gy
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

6

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

analogy between four things, in which A is to B as C is to D, or A : B = C : D.

noun

formation of a new word based on morphological parallelism of three existing words, rather than direct derivation. Examples

Inflected Forms

proportional analogies (plural)

Phrases

back-formation

Frequently Paired Words

back-formation leveling

Synonyms

four-part analogy

Questions

What does proportional analogy mean?: analogy between four things, in which A is to B as C is to D, or A : B = C : D.

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