proportional

proportional

See also: proporțional

English

Adjective

proportional (comparative more proportional, superlative most proportional)

1. (mathematics) 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: ∝.
   • 2012, David Ben-Chaim, Ratio and Proportion, page 34:

     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.

2. In proportion (to), proportionate. More common in US than UK.
   • 2014, Aravind Shenoy, Learning Bootstrap:

     This ensures consistency across your website design so that you don't end up with elements that are not adequately proportional with each other.

3. Of a typeface, having characters with natural (non-uniform) width (in contrast to monospace typefaces).
   • 2013, Eric A. Meyer, CSS Fonts: Web Typography Possibilities, page 2:

     A font is proportional if all characters in the font have different widths due to their various sizes.

Derived terms

• biproportional
• directly proportional
• disproportional
• equiproportional
• inversely proportional
• mean proportional
• nonproportional
• proportional analogy
• proportionality
• proportionally
• proportional representation

 

Translations

at a constant ratio (to)

Catalan: proporcional (ca) Dutch: evenredig (nl) Finnish: verrannollinen (fi) French: proportionnel (fr) German: proportional (de) Hungarian: egyenesen arányos Irish: cionmhar, comhréireach

Italian: proporzionale (it) Korean: 비례 (ko) (birye)의, 비율의, 비례하는 Portuguese: proporcional (pt) Romanian: proporțional (ro) m or n, proporțională f Russian: пропорциона́льный (ru) (proporcionálʹnyj) Spanish: proporcional (es)

proportionate

Catalan: proporcional (ca) Finnish: suhteutettu Hungarian: arányos (hu)

Russian: пропорциона́льный (ru) (proporcionálʹnyj), соразме́рный (ru) (sorazmérnyj) Spanish: proporcional (es)

Noun

proportional (plural proportionals)

1. (mathematics, geometry, archaic) A proportion.
   • 1828, William Thomas Brande, Tables in Illustration of the Theory of Definite Proportionals (page xiii)

     It is almost superfluous to remark that the numbers attached to the elements of compounds are those of the proportionals in which they combine […]

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German

Etymology

Proportion +‎ -al

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpʀopɔʁt͡si̯oˈnaːl/

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Adjective

proportional (comparative proportionaler, superlative am proportionalsten)

1. proportional

Declension

Positive forms of proportional

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist proportional	sie ist proportional	es ist proportional	sie sind proportional
strong declension (without article)	nominative	proportionaler	proportionale	proportionales	proportionale
	genitive	proportionalen	proportionaler	proportionalen	proportionaler
	dative	proportionalem	proportionaler	proportionalem	proportionalen
	accusative	proportionalen	proportionale	proportionales	proportionale
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der proportionale	die proportionale	das proportionale	die proportionalen
	genitive	des proportionalen	der proportionalen	des proportionalen	der proportionalen
	dative	dem proportionalen	der proportionalen	dem proportionalen	den proportionalen
	accusative	den proportionalen	die proportionale	das proportionale	die proportionalen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein proportionaler	eine proportionale	ein proportionales	(keine) proportionalen
	genitive	eines proportionalen	einer proportionalen	eines proportionalen	(keiner) proportionalen
	dative	einem proportionalen	einer proportionalen	einem proportionalen	(keinen) proportionalen
	accusative	einen proportionalen	eine proportionale	ein proportionales	(keine) proportionalen

Comparative forms of proportional

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist proportionaler	sie ist proportionaler	es ist proportionaler	sie sind proportionaler
strong declension (without article)	nominative	proportionalerer	proportionalere	proportionaleres	proportionalere
	genitive	proportionaleren	proportionalerer	proportionaleren	proportionalerer
	dative	proportionalerem	proportionalerer	proportionalerem	proportionaleren
	accusative	proportionaleren	proportionalere	proportionaleres	proportionalere
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der proportionalere	die proportionalere	das proportionalere	die proportionaleren
	genitive	des proportionaleren	der proportionaleren	des proportionaleren	der proportionaleren
	dative	dem proportionaleren	der proportionaleren	dem proportionaleren	den proportionaleren
	accusative	den proportionaleren	die proportionalere	das proportionalere	die proportionaleren
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein proportionalerer	eine proportionalere	ein proportionaleres	(keine) proportionaleren
	genitive	eines proportionaleren	einer proportionaleren	eines proportionaleren	(keiner) proportionaleren
	dative	einem proportionaleren	einer proportionaleren	einem proportionaleren	(keinen) proportionaleren
	accusative	einen proportionaleren	eine proportionalere	ein proportionaleres	(keine) proportionaleren

Superlative forms of proportional

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist am proportionalsten	sie ist am proportionalsten	es ist am proportionalsten	sie sind am proportionalsten
strong declension (without article)	nominative	proportionalster	proportionalste	proportionalstes	proportionalste
	genitive	proportionalsten	proportionalster	proportionalsten	proportionalster
	dative	proportionalstem	proportionalster	proportionalstem	proportionalsten
	accusative	proportionalsten	proportionalste	proportionalstes	proportionalste
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der proportionalste	die proportionalste	das proportionalste	die proportionalsten
	genitive	des proportionalsten	der proportionalsten	des proportionalsten	der proportionalsten
	dative	dem proportionalsten	der proportionalsten	dem proportionalsten	den proportionalsten
	accusative	den proportionalsten	die proportionalste	das proportionalste	die proportionalsten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein proportionalster	eine proportionalste	ein proportionalstes	(keine) proportionalsten
	genitive	eines proportionalsten	einer proportionalsten	eines proportionalsten	(keiner) proportionalsten
	dative	einem proportionalsten	einer proportionalsten	einem proportionalsten	(keinen) proportionalsten
	accusative	einen proportionalsten	eine proportionalste	ein proportionalstes	(keine) proportionalsten