"proportionality" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /pɹəpɔɹʃəˈnæləti/, /pɹəpɔɹʃɪnˈælɪti/ Audio: en-us-proportionality.ogg [Mid-Atlantic] Forms: proportionalities [plural]
Rhymes: -æləti, -ælɪti Etymology: proportional + -ity, from Latin proportionalitas. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|proportional|ity}} proportional + -ity, {{der|en|la|proportionalitas}} Latin proportionalitas Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} proportionality (countable and uncountable, plural proportionalities)
  1. (uncountable) the property of being proportional Tags: uncountable Translations (the property of being proportional): пропорционалност (proporcionalnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), suhteellisuus (Finnish), Proportionalität [feminine] (German), αναλογικότητα (analogikótita) [feminine] (Greek), пропорциона́льность (proporcionálʹnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), proporcionalidad [feminine] (Spanish), proportionalitet [common-gender] (Swedish), пропорційність (proporcijnistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-proportionality-en-noun-oApifQfl Disambiguation of 'the property of being proportional': 93 5 2
  2. (uncountable) the principle that government action ought to be proportional to the ends achieved (e.g. the military should not be deployed to stop petty vandalism) Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-proportionality-en-noun-lWhe8sYu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ity Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 67 12 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ity: 21 65 15
  3. (countable) the degree to which something is in proportion Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-proportionality-en-noun-fcejRzEi

Inflected forms

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