"proportional" meaning in English

See proportional in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

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  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: ∝. Categories (topical): Mathematics Translations (at a constant ratio (to)): proporcional (Catalan), evenredig (Dutch), proporcia (Esperanto), verrannollinen (Finnish), proportionnel (French), proportional (German), egyenesen arányos (Hungarian), proporsional (Indonesian), cionmhar (Irish), comhréireach (Irish), proporzionale (Italian), 비례의 (birye) (Korean), 비율의 (Korean), 비례하는 (Korean), freggyrtagh (Manx), forholdsmessig (Norwegian Bokmål), proporcional (Portuguese), proporțional [masculine, neuter] (Romanian), proporțională [feminine] (Romanian), пропорциона́льный (proporcionálʹnyj) (Russian), proporcional (Spanish), alícuota (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-proportional-en-adj-YNn8schM Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Terms with Irish translations Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 35 10 38 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 17 34 32 18 Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'at a constant ratio (to)': 100 0 0
  2. (chiefly US) In proportion (to), proportionate. Tags: US Translations (proportionate): пропорциона́лен (proporcionálen) (Bulgarian), proporcional (Catalan), suhteutettu (Finnish), arányos (Hungarian), coreiragh (Manx), lieh my lieh (Manx), forholdsmessig (Norwegian Bokmål), пропорциона́льный (proporcionálʹnyj) (Russian), соразме́рный (sorazmérnyj) (Russian), proporcional (Spanish), alícuota (Spanish)
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  3. Of a typeface, having characters with natural (non-uniform) width (in contrast to monospace typefaces). Translations (of a typeface): proporcionální (Czech), suhteellinen (Finnish), proporcional (Spanish), alícuota (Spanish)
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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-proportional.wav Forms: proportionals [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} proportional (plural proportionals)
  1. (mathematics, geometry, archaic) A proportion. Tags: archaic Categories (topical): Geometry, Mathematics Derived forms: mixed-member proportional
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