Look up: proportional

1. Proportional
   [fair division] There are two main types of solution studied: discrete procedures require one person at a time to divide the resource, moving knife ones have one or more knives move over the resource and people can choose when to stop them. The problem generalizes directly to other resources...
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2. proportional
   [adj] - properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics 2. [n] - one of the quantities in a mathematical proportion
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3. proportional
   (Learning Modules / Mathematics / Modelling projectiles) Increases as the reference increases.
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4. Proportional
   Sometimes known as gain, this is the 'P' in the commonly used abbreviation P.I.D. A method for multiplying error between demand and feedback by a set amount.
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5. proportional
   a tax that takes constant percentage of any tax base Category: Financial affairs - taxation - customs • in a controller with proportional action,the reciprocal of the gain of the controller expressed as a percentage of the measuring span Category: Automation (includes telecommunicatio...
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6. Proportional
   Pro·por'tion·al adjective [ Latin proportionalis : confer French proportionnel .] 1. Having a due proportion, or comparative relation; being in suitable proportion or degree; as, the parts of an edifice are proportional . <...
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7. Proportional
   Pro·por'tion·al noun 1. (Math.) Any number or quantity in a proportion; as, a mean proportional . 2. (Chemistry) The combining weight or equivalent of an element. [ Obsolete]
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8. proportional
   Being in proportion: corresponding in size, degree or intensity, having the same or a constant ratio, of, relating to or used in determining proportions. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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9. proportional
   relative adjective 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`
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10. proportional
    noun one of the quantities in a mathematical proportion
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11. proportional
    adjective (of taxes) increasing as the amount taxed increases
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12. Proportional
    • (a.) Relating to, or securing, proportion. • (a.) Having a due proportion, or comparative relation; being in suitable proportion or degree; as, the parts of an edifice are proportional. • (n.) Any number or quantity in a proportion; as, a mean proportional. • (n.) The combining...
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13. proportional
    being in proportion : corresponding in size, degree, or intensity, having the same or a constant ratio; of, relating to, or used in determining proportions.
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14. Proportional
    Cause and effect relationship between two variables where a positive or negative change in the quantity of one causes a predictable similar quantity change in the other.
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15. proportional
    A variable a is said to be directly proportional to b if a/b is a constant. The relationship is written a b, which implies that a = kb, where k is a constant. If a is inversely proportional to b, this is written a 1/b.
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