PROPORTIONAL

proportional

Adjective

  1. 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.
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  2. In proportion (to), proportionate. More common in US than UK.
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    • ...how much of the Bush administration's immediate post-9/11 emphasis on Iraq was appropriate and proportional to the overall picture of terrorism — '''' retrieved 24 Jan 2005.


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