proportional

See also: proporțional

English

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Adjective

proportional (comparative more proportional, superlative most proportional)

  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: ∝.
    • 2012, David Ben-Chaim, Ratio and Proportion, page 34:
      For example, according to the gas laws, pressure is directly proportional to temperature: the quotient derived from pressure (numerator) and temperature (denominator) will be constant; however, pressure is inversely proportional to volume, meaning that the product between volume and pressure will be constant.
  2. (chiefly US) In proportion (to), proportionate.
    • 2014, Aravind Shenoy, Learning Bootstrap:
      This ensures consistency across your website design so that you don't end up with elements that are not adequately proportional with each other.
  3. Of a typeface, having characters with natural (non-uniform) width (in contrast to monospace typefaces).
    • 2013, Eric A. Meyer, CSS Fonts: Web Typography Possibilities, page 2:
      A font is proportional if all characters in the font have different widths due to their various sizes.

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Noun

proportional (plural proportionals)

  1. (mathematics, geometry, archaic) A proportion.
    • 1828, William Thomas Brande, Tables in Illustration of the Theory of Definite Proportionals, page xiii:
      It is almost superfluous to remark that the numbers attached to the elements of compounds are those of the proportionals in which they combine […]

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Danish

Adjective

proportional

  1. (mathematics) proportional

Inflection
Inflection of proportional
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular proportional — —2
Indefinite neuter singular proportionalt — —2
Plural proportionale — —2
Definite attributive1 proportionale — —
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

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German

Etymology

Proportion +‎ -al, from Latin prōportiōnālis. Doublet of proportionell.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌpʁopɔʁt͡si̯oˈnaːl/
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Adjective

proportional (strong nominative masculine singular proportionaler, comparative proportionaler, superlative am proportionalsten)

  1. proportional
    Synonym: proportionell

Declension
Positive forms of proportional
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist proportional sie ist proportional es ist proportional sie sind proportional
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative proportionaler proportionale proportionales proportionale
genitive proportionalen proportionaler proportionalen proportionaler
dative proportionalem proportionaler proportionalem proportionalen
accusative proportionalen proportionale proportionales proportionale
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der proportionale die proportionale das proportionale die proportionalen
genitive des proportionalen der proportionalen des proportionalen der proportionalen
dative dem proportionalen der proportionalen dem proportionalen den proportionalen
accusative den proportionalen die proportionale das proportionale die proportionalen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein proportionaler eine proportionale ein proportionales (keine) proportionalen
genitive eines proportionalen einer proportionalen eines proportionalen (keiner) proportionalen
dative einem proportionalen einer proportionalen einem proportionalen (keinen) proportionalen
accusative einen proportionalen eine proportionale ein proportionales (keine) proportionalen
Comparative forms of proportional
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist proportionaler sie ist proportionaler es ist proportionaler sie sind proportionaler
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative proportionalerer proportionalere proportionaleres proportionalere
genitive proportionaleren proportionalerer proportionaleren proportionalerer
dative proportionalerem proportionalerer proportionalerem proportionaleren
accusative proportionaleren proportionalere proportionaleres proportionalere
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der proportionalere die proportionalere das proportionalere die proportionaleren
genitive des proportionaleren der proportionaleren des proportionaleren der proportionaleren
dative dem proportionaleren der proportionaleren dem proportionaleren den proportionaleren
accusative den proportionaleren die proportionalere das proportionalere die proportionaleren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein proportionalerer eine proportionalere ein proportionaleres (keine) proportionaleren
genitive eines proportionaleren einer proportionaleren eines proportionaleren (keiner) proportionaleren
dative einem proportionaleren einer proportionaleren einem proportionaleren (keinen) proportionaleren
accusative einen proportionaleren eine proportionalere ein proportionaleres (keine) proportionaleren
Superlative forms of proportional
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist am proportionalsten sie ist am proportionalsten es ist am proportionalsten sie sind am proportionalsten
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative proportionalster proportionalste proportionalstes proportionalste
genitive proportionalsten proportionalster proportionalsten proportionalster
dative proportionalstem proportionalster proportionalstem proportionalsten
accusative proportionalsten proportionalste proportionalstes proportionalste
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der proportionalste die proportionalste das proportionalste die proportionalsten
genitive des proportionalsten der proportionalsten des proportionalsten der proportionalsten
dative dem proportionalsten der proportionalsten dem proportionalsten den proportionalsten
accusative den proportionalsten die proportionalste das proportionalste die proportionalsten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein proportionalster eine proportionalste ein proportionalstes (keine) proportionalsten
genitive eines proportionalsten einer proportionalsten eines proportionalsten (keiner) proportionalsten
dative einem proportionalsten einer proportionalsten einem proportionalsten (keinen) proportionalsten
accusative einen proportionalsten eine proportionalste ein proportionalstes (keine) proportionalsten

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