The arithmetic proportion corresponding to a given harmonic interval. Obsolete.

The relation existing between one thing and another in terms of size, quantity, number, or the like… In singular.

Measure, proper proportion, regularity: e.g. to keep even compass (cf. Old French tenir compas to keep step in marching); by compass (Old French par c…

Relative size or amount, proportion. Obsolete. rare.

= proportion, n. (in various senses).

gen. = number, n. (frequently preceding a numeral). Cf. number, n. compounds 3a. Obsolete.

The proportion which the representation of an object bears to the object itself; a system of representing or reproducing objects in a smaller or…

gen. A proportional relationship between things not precisely measurable.

= ratio, n. 3a. Obsolete.