PROPORTIONAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does proportional mean?
• PROPORTIONAL (noun)
The noun PROPORTIONAL has 1 sense:
1. one of the quantities in a mathematical proportion
Familiarity information: PROPORTIONAL used as a noun is very rare.
• PROPORTIONAL (adjective)
The adjective PROPORTIONAL has 3 senses:
1. properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by 'to'
2. (of taxes) increasing as the amount taxed increases
3. having a constant ratio
Familiarity information: PROPORTIONAL used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• PROPORTIONAL (noun)
Meaning:
One of the quantities in a mathematical proportion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("proportional" is a kind of...):
quantity (something that has a magnitude and can be represented in mathematical expressions by a constant or a variable)
Holonyms ("proportional" is a part of...):
proportion (the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole)
• PROPORTIONAL (adjective)
Meaning:
Properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by 'to'
Synonyms:
proportional; relative
Context examples:
the punishment ought to be proportional to the crime / earnings relative to production
Similar:
proportionate (being in due proportion)
Meaning:
(of taxes) increasing as the amount taxed increases
Synonyms:
graduated; proportional
Similar:
progressive ((of taxes) adjusted so that the rate increases as the amount of income increases)
Meaning:
Having a constant ratio
Similar:
proportionate (being in due proportion)
