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
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
This includes Massachusetts, where courts consider factors such as the characteristics of any weapon used when evaluating whether a self-defense shooting was proportional.
From Slate • Mar. 27, 2026
It was Newton who realized that the pull of any two objects is, to quote Feynman again, "proportional to the mass of each and varies inversely as the square of the distance between them."
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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