disproportion
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See Expectation, Order, mathematical, Orders of reality, two Disproportion between an invention and its consequences, 182 Dissociation as a cosmic principle opposed to association, 260 of tendencies, 54, 89, 135, 254, 255, 257, 258.
From Creative Evolution by Mitchell, Arthur
The old headings under which the Port-Royalist editors grouped the "Thoughts" recall the titles of Montaigne's "Essays"—"Of the Disproportion of Man," and the like.
From Miscellaneous Studies; a series of essays by Pater, Walter
Disproportion, dis-pro-pōr′shun, n. want of proportion, symmetry, or suitableness of parts: inequality.—v.t. to make unsuitable in form or size, &c.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
Disproportion of parts is the element of hugeness—proportion, of grandeur.
From Modern Painters Volume II (of V) by Ruskin, John
Disproportion between the size of head and body.
From The Glands Regulating Personality by Berman, Louis, M.D.
Vocabulary lists containing disproportion
"A Sound of Thunder" by Ray Bradbury
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