单词 | proportionateness |
释义 | proportionatenessn. The quality or fact of being proportionate. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > [noun] > proportion or ratio > being proportionate proportionateness1658 the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [noun] > due proportion or proportionateness proportiona1382 equality1447 proportioningc1450 temperance1471 temperancy1526 proportionality1545 commensurability1570 equability1576 proportionableness1606 apportionateness1645 proportionateness1658 commensurateness1661 proportionability1697 1658 J. Durham Comm. Bk. Revelation xiv. 587 This merit they maintain to be..from the nature and proportionatenesse of these works to the reward it self. 1669 Ld. Orrery Parthenissa VI. iii. viii. 270 The length of the trouble would have been abundantly repaired by the..proportionateness of the Present. a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) 2 The fitness and proportionateness of these objective Impressions, Qualities, or Motions, upon their respective Faculties. 1780 T. Sheridan Gen. Dict. Eng. Lang. II. (at cited word) Proportionateness, the state of being by comparison adjusted. a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains (1836) II. 149 Instead of unity of action, I should greatly prefer the more appropriate, though scholastic and uncouth, words homogeneity, proportionateness, and totality of interest. 1850 T. T. Lynch Memorials Theophilus Trinal ix. 153 The sentimentalist..his feeling is not real; or if real has no proportionateness to a right activity. 1910 Harvard Theol. Rev. 3 296 Nor is the theoretical mind held to those standards of proportionateness which obtain in life. 1988 Renaissance Q. 41 240 The proportionateness of service and reward is based on the king's knowledge of philosophy. 2004 T. Lörtscher et al. in B. A. Koch Terrorism, Tort Law & Insurance 132 The principles of proportionateness and reasonableness of police intervention limit the amount of force and checks deemed necessary to carry out official duties. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1658 |
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