proportional
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
one of the quantities in a mathematical proportion
Types & categories
- quantity hypernym
Parts & wholes
- proportion part holonym
Sense 2 adjective
properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to'
the punishment ought to be proportional to the crime
Related & opposite
- relativity derivation
- proportionate similar to
Sense 3 adjective
having a constant ratio
Related & opposite
- proportionality derivation
- proportionate similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | proportion |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | quantity |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | relativity |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | proportionate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | proportionality |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | proportionate |