Proportion (Noun)
Meaning 1
Magnitude or extent; "a building of vast proportions".
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Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
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Meaning 2
Balance among the parts of something.
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Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes.
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Meaning 3
The quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole.
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Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas.
Examples
- The ratio of sugar to flour in the recipe is a critical proportion to ensure the cake turns out light and fluffy.
- The proportion of water to land on Earth is roughly three to one.
- The architect carefully calculated the proportion of the building's facade to ensure it was aesthetically pleasing.
- The proportion of oxygen to nitrogen in the air we breathe is approximately one to four.
- The proportion of protein to carbohydrates in a healthy diet is a topic of ongoing debate among nutritionists.
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Meaning 4
Harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design); "in all perfectly beautiful objects there is found the opposition of one part to another and a reciprocal balance"- John Ruskin.
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Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
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Meaning 5
The relation between things (or parts of things) with respect to their comparative quantity, magnitude, or degree; "an inordinate proportion of the book is given over to quotations"; "a dry martini has a large proportion of gin".
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Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas.