Synonym: graduated, relative. Similar words: proportion, in proportion to, portion, constitutional convention, national, abortion, professional, emotional. Meaning: [prə'pɔrʃnəl /-'pɔː-] n. one of the quantities in a mathematical proportion. adj. 1. properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to' 2. (of taxes) increasing as the amount taxed increases 3. having a constant ratio.
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61. Again, the increase is not directly proportional to the blocking factor.
62. This luminescence is measured and is directly proportional to the number of trapped electrons, and thus to the total radiation dose.
63. Hanson skilfully exploited the system of proportional representation, which asks voters to list candidates in order of preference.
64. I like several of his ideals, including, perhaps, the campaign for proportional representation.
65. They are also cost-effective, as the cost of a missile is roughly proportional to the square of its range.
66. The usefulness of most Web sites is directly proportional to the benefits it offers to the people who visit it.
67. New Zealand's electoral system, a form of proportional representation, is a key difference.
68. At the political level, proportional representation was abolished for local elections in 1922 and for Stormont elections in 1929.
69. Another useful classification is between progressive, proportional and regressive taxes.
70. I can't believe that it will remain unrepresented if and when the electoral system becomes proportional.
71. Hence a current flows; the current is directly proportional to the PO2 in the sample. 25.
72. Coun Ord, a member of Sedgefield District Council, has called for a concerted campaign to get the proportional representation across.
73. At speeds low compared with light, the temporal retardation is proportional to the square of your speed.
74. The number of representatives each state has is proportional to its population.
75. The intensity of the tungsten blue complex is proportional to the concentration of uric acid in the specimen. 205.
76. The other acts as a pickup coil producing a voltage proportional to the rate of change of magnetic flux linking it.
77. A lower house of parliament would be elected by a system of proportional representation on the basis of universal non-racial adult franchise.
78. Potential prognostic factors were investigated with Cox's proportional hazards regression model.
79. In the latter case, thermal expansion of the wire proportional to the heating is sensed by mechanical means.
80. Swapo was alone in its opposition to proportional representation and a bi-cameral system.
81. Mr Orton infers there is an inconsistency in my contention that, with proportional representation, Labour could achieve power.
82. Just this: Worker commitment is inversely proportional to the degree of management centralization.
83. In fact the proportion spent on rent was inversely proportional to income.
84. The intensity of color is expected to be proportional to the amount of analyte.
85. Beccaria's assumption of the special effectiveness of proportional deterrence is unsubstantiated.
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86. As expected the availability of hardware, software and publications was somewhat proportional to the level of development.
87. Elections took place in May 1973 under a system of proportional representation and the new local authorities came into being.
88. This driving force will be proportional to the number of monomers in a chain, hence the change in the diffusion law.
89. Treatment plant cost is proportional to the amount of flexibility incorporated into its design basis.
90. If he is interested, I back the concept of the restoration of the Stormont parliament with members elected by proportional representation.
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