proportional

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. sıfat At a constant ratio (to). Two magnitudes (numbers) are said to be proportional if the second varies in a direct relation arithmetically to the first. Symbol: ∝.

   “A vacuum-controlled straight air brake system is fitted, in which the driver's vacuum brake valve applies the train brake and makes a proportional application of the locomotive air brake.”

2. sıfat In proportion (to), proportionate.

   “This ensures consistency across your website design so that you don't end up with elements that are not adequately proportional with each other.”

3. sıfat Of a typeface, having characters with natural (non-uniform) width (in contrast to monospace typefaces).

   “A font is proportional if all characters in the font have different widths due to their various sizes.”

4. isim A proportion.

   “It is almost superfluous to remark that the numbers attached to the elements of compounds are those of the proportionals in which they combine […]”