单词	proportional
释义	proportionalpro‧por‧tion‧al /prəˈpɔːʃənəl $ -ˈpɔːr-/ AWL adjective Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS The intensity of color is expected to be proportional to the amount of analyte. The theorem states that the posterior probability is proportional to the prior probability multiplied by the likelihood. The usefulness of most Web sites is directly proportional to the benefits it offers to the people who visit it. The weights are modified by an amount proportional to the first derivative of the error with respect to the weight. Treatment plant cost is proportional to the amount of flexibility incorporated into its design basis. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► directly proportional  The fee charged by the realtor is directly proportional to the price of the property. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► directly · Again, the increase is not directly proportional to the blocking factor.· Hence a current flows; the current is directly proportional to the PO2 in the sample. 25.· The usefulness of most Web sites is directly proportional to the benefits it offers to the people who visit it.· The voltage induced in the pickup coil by this waveform is directly proportional to the rate of change of magnetic induction.· This luminescence is measured and is directly proportional to the number of trapped electrons, and thus to the total radiation dose. ► inversely · For these reasons, rates of reproduction are inversely proportional to personal wealth.· Just this: Worker commitment is inversely proportional to the degree of management centralization.· In fact the proportion spent on rent was inversely proportional to income.· The rate at which solid state sintering occurs is approximately inversely proportional to the particle size involved.· The amount we give is inversely proportional to the conspicuousness of the causes of his behavior.· In this respect the incidence of neurosis seems inversely proportional to social disorder.· The way any system works is inversely proportional to its security.· The centripetal force is inversely proportional to the square of the distance from the centre. NOUN► representation · At the end of 1917 there was much parliamentary manoeuvring over proportional representation.· A proportional representation system is to apply to future elections.· Elections to a lower house of parliament would be by proportional representation and an upper house would be appointed by provincial governments.· If he is interested, I back the concept of the restoration of the Stormont parliament with members elected by proportional representation.· But it will be no more than second-best representation, and certainly not proportional representation.· Swapo was alone in its opposition to proportional representation and a bi-cameral system.· The elections were conducted on the basis of proportional representation.· A lower house would be elected according to a system of proportional representation combining regional and national lists. Word family WORD FAMILYadjectiveproportionalproportionateadverbproportionallyproportionatelynounproportionverbproportion something that is proportional to something else is in the correct or most suitable relationship to it in size, amount, importance etc OPP  disproportionateproportional to The punishment should be proportional to the crime. The fee charged by the realtor is directly proportional to the price of the property. a proportional increase in costs—proportionally adverb
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