See Also: proportion(medicine)
proportion(1)(dictionary)
proportion(2)(dictionary)
proportion/proportionality(encyclopedia)
proportion 1, noun(dictionary)
proportion 2, verb(dictionary)
zone of optimal proportion(medicine)
Case-fatality proportion(health)

proportion(2) (iou)



proportion verb trans. LME.
[Old French proporcioner (mod. proportionner) or medieval Latin proportionare, from Latin proportio(n-): see PROPORTION noun.]
Adjust or regulate in proportion to something, make (a thing) proportionate. Foll. by to, with. LME.
H. Martineau Proportion your supply exactly to the demand. J. S. Mill The punishment should be proportioned to the offence.
Fashion, form or shape (a thing). obsolete exc. as PROPORTIONED 2. LME.
Divide into proportionate parts, measure out; allot or assign (a thing) to a person, apportion. L15-L18.
Be in proportion to; correspond to, equal. L16-M17.
Compare (a thing or person) with another; estimate the relative proportions of. L16-E18.
proportioner noun L16.
proportionment noun (now rare) the action or fact of proportioning something, proportional distribution or arrangement L17.