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proportional

[pruh-pawr-shuh-nl] / prəˈpɔr ʃə nl /




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His custom-built cutlery bins, meanwhile, are exactly proportional to the length of his spoons and knives.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

Researchers from the University of Cambridge and the University of Copenhagen examined proportional representation and first-past-the-post systems.

From Science Daily Aug. 2, 2026

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

So it predicted that the red shift of a galaxy should be directly proportional to its distance from us, exactly as Hubble found.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking




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