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Meanings of proportion in English

Portuguese
proporção
Catalan
equilibri
Spanish
proporción

Harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design)

proporção
Russian
пропорция
Spanish
proporción
Catalan
proporció

Equality ratio between two quantities.

пропорция
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Examples for "mathematical proportion"
Examples for "mathematical proportion"
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The visually stunning vehicle takes its name from the golden ratio, a mathematical proportion that's said to produce aesthetically pleasing art and architecture.
Wired
2
Like architecture, music relies upon mathematical proportions.
Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series
3
What is still more wonderful with respect to this principle of combination, all the elementary substances observe certain mathematical proportions in their unions.
Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation
1
The relative proportion that sinks depends on the nature of the ice.
The Ocean and Its Wonders
2
A chloroplast protrusions index characterising the relative proportion of chloroplasts with protrusions was defined.
Pubmed
3
Those figures show the relative proportion of their business experience.
In a Steamer Chair, and Other Stories
4
The relative proportion of active bacteria increased although bacterial abundance was strongly decreased by amoebae.
Pubmed
5
The pockets bear the same relative proportion to the balls that a tea-cup bears to a French pea.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume ...
Portuguese
proporção
Catalan
proporció
Spanish
proporción

Balance among the parts of something.

proporção
Portuguese
proporção
Catalan
dimensió
Spanish
proporción

Magnitude or extent.

proporção
Usage of proportion in English
1
Cases mostly involved young people, with a low proportion of severe cases.
Independent.ie
2
However, this proportion varied considerably according to the type of health condition.
Pubmed
3
Conclusion: An important proportion of non HCV-related type II MC remains essential.
Pubmed
4
A large proportion of the deaths announced were from New York state.
Radio NZ
5
A large proportion of the population in South Africa is English speaking.
The South African
6
The vast proportion of businesses report a risk to investment and jobs.
The Irish Times
7
The highest proportion was among teens younger than 15 years of age.
Ebony
8
Of those, a large proportion result in no formal finding of fraud.
Radio NZ
9
There was not a high proportion of cases with unknown risk factors.
Pubmed
10
Outcomes included time to first exacerbation and proportion of asthma control days.
Pubmed
11
New Zealand ranks second out of 28 countries for the proportion… Audio
Radio NZ
12
A proportion of growth is locked in if certain conditions are met.
The Irish Times
13
A good proportion of those definitely won't make it to next year.
The black prism
14
Several reports suggest that a high proportion of PD patients are overhydrated.
Pubmed
15
Government agencies were perceived as important by the highest proportion of partners.
Pubmed
16
However, clinically significant disease only occurs in a small proportion of patients.
Pubmed
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