proportional
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There'd be a written constitution, a move to proportional representation and they'd scrap the rules that force MPs to vote for their party, the "whip".
From BBC • Jun. 27, 2026
Also, having large frontal areas with an open cargo bed, the typical pickup design generates high aerodynamic drag, a factor that increases consumption proportional to the square of the velocity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 20, 2026
To better understand what influences treatment patterns, the researchers used Cox proportional hazards models and examined sociodemographic, clinical and provider-level factors.
From Science Daily • Jun. 16, 2026
It is based on Metcalfe’s Law, which assumes that the value of a network is proportional to the square of how many members are in that network.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
More surprising still was the finding that Hubble published in 1929: even the size of a galaxy’s red shift is not random, but is directly proportional to the galaxy’s distance from us.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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