Proportional
[prə'pɔːʃ(ə)n(ə)l] or [prə'pɔrʃənl]
解释:
(noun.) one of the quantities in a mathematical proportion.
(adj.) properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to'; 'the punishment ought to be proportional to the crime'; 'earnings relative to production' .
(adj.) having a constant ratio .
整理:彼得--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Having a due proportion, or comparative relation; being in suitable proportion or degree; as, the parts of an edifice are proportional.
(a.) Relating to, or securing, proportion.
(a.) Constituting a proportion; having the same, or a constant, ratio; as, proportional quantities; momentum is proportional to quantity of matter.
(n.) Any number or quantity in a proportion; as, a mean proportional.
(n.) The combining weight or equivalent of an element.
整理:梅尔巴
同义词及近义词：
a. Proportionate, proportionable, symmetrical, correspondent.
整理:伊冯
例句:
- These slight proportional differences, due to the laws of growth and variation, are not of the slightest use or importance to most species. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
- The volume of gas discharged from a pipe is directly proportional to the square of its diameter, and inversely as the square of its length. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
- It follows from this law that the density and tension, and therefore the expansive force of a gas, are proportional to the compressing force to which it is subjected. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- Proportional representation and preferential voting I have mentioned. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- Any device like proportional representation and preferential voting which facilitates the political expression of group interests is worth having. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- The proportional numbers of its inhabitants will almost immediately undergo a change, and some species will probably become extinct. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
整理:诺里斯