proportional
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In other words, according to Crill, “The proportional reduction in volatility gained through diversification has been largely unrelated to the estimated correlation.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026
The Holyrood voting system is a mix of first-past-the-post and proportional representation - making it harder for a party to secure a majority than in a Westminster election, for instance.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
This particular form of instability—in which electoral outcomes haven’t caught up with voters’ frustrations—has long plagued polities on the Continent, where proportional voting systems accelerate the fracturing of authority in parliaments.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 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
It says that the squares of the periods of any two planets are proportional to the cubes of their distances from the Sun.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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