Definitions for proportional

proportional pro·por·tion·al

Spelling: [pruh-pawr-shuh-nl, -pohr-]
IPA: /prəˈpɔr ʃə nl, -ˈpoʊr-/

Proportional is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 556 anagrams from letters in proportional (ailnooopprrt).

Definitions for proportional

adjective

  1. having due proportion; corresponding.
  2. being in or characterized by proportion.
  3. of, relating to, or based on proportion; relative.
  4. Mathematics. (of two quantities) having the same or a constant ratio or relation: (of a first quantity with respect to a second quantity) a constant multiple of:

Origin of proportional

1350-1400; Middle English proporcional Latin prōportiōnālis. See proportion, -al1

Examples for proportional

Of course, like any investment, the risk is proportional to the reward.

As before, the work is also proportional to the weight elevated.

“These responses have to be proportional,” Maxwell told The New York Times.

Mental recognition is proportional to the intensity of consciousness.

Benkler, a defense expert witness, testified, however, that Manning's leaks were proportional to the Information Age he lives in.

This is more important than it may seem because it only allows a two-week window where delegate contests have to be proportional.

In the nature of the case there can be no proportional relation.

proportional representation and preferential voting I have mentioned.

But the outage has raised the question of what that proportional response would look like, and whether it would be legal.

The discharge is proportional to the square root of the pressure.

Word Value for proportional
Scrable

16

Words with friends

20

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