proportional
1. pro.por.tion.al \p(r)*-'po-r-shn*l, -'po.r-, -sh*n-*l\
\-.po-r-sh*-'nal-*t-e-, -.po.r-\ \-'po-r-shn*-le-, -'po.r-, -sh*n-*l-e-\ aj
1a: being in proportion : PROPORTIONATE 1b: having the same or a constant
ratio 2: regulated or determined in size or degree with reference to
proportions ENSURABLE mean duly proportioned to something else.
PROPORTIONAL and PROPORTIONATE are often interchangeable but PROPORTIONAL
may apply to several closely related things that change without altering
their relations; PROPORTIONATE to one thing that bears a reciprocal
relationship to another; COMMENSURATE stresses an equality between things
different from but in some way dependent on each other; COMMENSURABLE more
strongly implies a common scale by which two quite different things can be
shown to be significantly equal or proportionate - pro.por.tion.al.i.ty n
SYN syn PROPORTIONAL, PROPORTIONATE, COMMENSURATE, COMM
2. proportional n : a number or quantity in a proportion