proportionality
/prəˌpɔːrʃəˈnæləti/
noun
- The quality or state of being balanced in size, amount, or degree relative to something else.
- The principle of proportionality guides how governments respond to threats.
- The judge emphasized the importance of proportionality in sentencing.
- In design, proportionality between elements creates a pleasing visual effect.
- A mathematical relationship where two quantities change at the same rate.
- The proportionality between distance and time is constant at a fixed speed.
- Graphing the data showed a clear proportionality between temperature and pressure.
- Students learned about proportionality in their algebra class.