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A relationship between two variables of the form y=c/x.
inverse proportionality
inverse proportions
reciprocal proportion
reciprocal proportionality
reciprocal proportions
1
Enjoyment of the occasion was in
inverse
proportion
to the advance hype.
2
Their powerful materiel is in
inverse
proportion
to the potential of German infantry.
3
Air temperatures were plummeting in
inverse
proportion
to the temperature of the negotiations.
4
Gorham, the eyes are developed, as a rule, in
inverse
proportion
to the luminosity.
5
The demand for absolute truth is in
inverse
proportion
to the possibility of providing it.
6
A man's sense of humor seems to be in
inverse
proportion
to the gravity of his profession.
7
But, strangely, the degree of panic seemed to be in
inverse
proportion
to proximity to the reactors.
8
Or has he a definition of his own for geometrical progression, as well as for
inverse
proportion
?
9
There have been very few interviews and reviews: his public profile is in
inverse
proportion
to his popularity.
10
It seemed that the energy and acrimony expended were in
inverse
proportion
to the importance of the office.
11
That too, he explained, was a law of nature: "Reproduction is in
inverse
proportion
to individuation."
12
Sexual fantasies of dominance and submission, to take another example, are common to both sexes in
inverse
proportion
.
13
He proposes to prove that the fecundity of marriages varies in
inverse
proportion
to the density of the population.
14
Though the number of children has conspicuously decreased, the care and attention given them has increased in
inverse
proportion
.
15
There is another aspect of this
inverse
proportion
between age and sociability-theway in which it conduces to education.
16
The keenness of men's criticism of their neighbour's faults is in
inverse
proportion
to their familiarity with their own.
inverse
proportion
inverse