proportional
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For decades, proportional response functioned less as a strategy than a ritual: hit a transmitter, strike a barracks.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
This result directly contradicts the Wiedemann-Franz law, a well-established principle that states heat and electrical conduction in metals should be proportional.
From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026
A second principle that limits when deadly force can legally be used is proportionality: Shooting someone is only justified when it is a proportional response to the perceived threat.
From Slate • Mar. 27, 2026
The other 110 MPs are selected via proportional representation, which takes into account the proportion of votes cast for a political party.
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026
Similarly, in Friedmann’s model the speed at which any two galaxies are moving apart is proportional to the distance between them.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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