proportion
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Udall once said, “A man’s contemporaries are notoriously bad judges of his place in history. Proportion comes only with the passage of time.”
From Washington Post • Jan. 12, 2019
No Capitation, or other direct, Tax shall be laid, unless in Proportion to the Census or enumeration herein before directed to be taken.
From Salon • Jul. 4, 2017
Figure 26.4 A Pie Graph Showing the Proportion of Total Body Fluid in Each of the Body’s Fluid Compartments Most of the water in the body is intracellular fluid.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
Proportion of iguanas responding, according to type of call and site.
From Scientific American • Mar. 15, 2012
He was not himself an artist, but On Divine Proportion discusses the golden section, the principles of architecture and the design of typefaces.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing proportion
"Fears and Phobias," Vocabulary from the article
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On Your Mark, Get Set, Commence Your Life!
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The Articles of Confederation (1777)
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