This page shows Proportional in 20 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like relative or graduated. Useful when writing or proofreading a text.
Proportional in a sentence
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Proportional meaning
- At a constant ratio (to). Two magnitudes (numbers) are said to be proportional if the second varies in a direct relation arithmetically to the first. Symbol: ∝.
- In proportion (to), proportionate.
- Of a typeface, having characters with natural (non-uniform) width (in contrast to monospace typefaces).
Synonyms of Proportional
Example sentences (20)
We are meant to work hard to support ourselves, and the amount we earn seems proportional to the effort we invest.
Establishing a presidential system and proportional system of elections to choose MPs were key institutional reforms.
A narrow majority of Prince Edward Islanders rejected proportional representation system in a referendum in 2019.
Under proportional representation, Sinn Féin transfers also helped to elect members of smaller socialist parties.
Any voting system where the share of seats represents the share of votes is described as proportional representation.
Unfortunately, the work which was carried out at snail speed was later abandoned by proportional construction company.
The majority view was unhappy that proportional representation fell short on enabling individual accountability.
Despite clearly showing the numbers aren't proportional, some have already questioned the report's figures as too low.
Maphosa came into Parliament in 2018 through a proportional representation (PR) seat under the MDC Alliance party list.
My mind tells me that the alternate to this our electoral system must be the proportional representative type.
So they did analyses of the proportional differences in brain regions, but not of overall brain size: Occam’s Butterknife.
The end of proportional representation meant that fewer socialists and Greens were elected compared to 2020.
Under the form of proportional representation used in European parliament elections, the Greens would have taken 12 seats.
He also called for Sir Keir Starmer to ditch first past the post in favour of proportional representation.
A sample of the type of ballot Island voters would receive under mixed-member proportional representation.
Deputy Minister Mathale urged police officers to use force proportional to the threat when under attack.
Even, in the Netherlands for example, to entirely seperate Parties where Proportional Representation allows for such a luxury.
Why have we LibDems only got 11 MPs when we should have 70 in a truly democratic, proportional system?
The prorated pension is the proportional pension for public service that is calculated according to the government pension rules.
Since profits are directly proportional to the ratio of sales to costs, tracking the dynamics of these two variables is essential.
Phrases with proportional
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Common combinations with proportional
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- proportional to 95×
- proportional representation 61×
- is proportional 39×
- of proportional 18×
- inversely proportional 14×
- the proportional 11×
- directly proportional 9×
- to proportional 6×
- and proportional 5×
- be proportional 4×
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