proportional
/pɹəpˈɔɹʃənəl/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.60 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
At a constant ratio (to). Two magnitudes (numbers) are said to be proportional if the second varies in a direct relation arithmetically to the first. Symbol: ∝.
adj
Of a typeface, having characters with natural (non-uniform) width (in contrast to monospace typefaces).
Example Sentences
- "A vacuum-controlled straight air brake system is fitted, in which the driver's vacuum brake valve applies the train brake and makes a proportional application of the locomotive air brake."
- "For example, according to the gas laws, pressure is directly proportional to temperature: the quotient derived from pressure (numerator) and temperature (denominator) will be constant; however, pressure is inversely proportional to volume, meaning that the product between volume and pressure will be constant."
- "This ensures consistency across your website design so that you don't end up with elements that are not adequately proportional with each other."
- "A font is proportional if all characters in the font have different widths due to their various sizes."
- "It is almost superfluous to remark that the numbers attached to the elements of compounds are those of the proportionals in which they combine […]"