Synonyms:
proportional, relative
Meaning: properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to'; "the punishment ought to be proportional to the crime"; "earnings relative to production"
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
proportional
Meaning: one of the quantities in a mathematical proportion
Usage examples
There is no arithmetical equality, but a proportional equality.
Did they impose on each industry a proportional tax, so as to preserve a balance in the market?
And will you also keep in mind the fact that the amount of dream distortion is proportional to two factors.
If inequalities should arise in some States from duties on particular objects, these will, in all probability, be counterbalanced by proportional inequalities in other States, from the duties on other objects.
The connection is this, that if one compares the distance of the different planets from the sun with the length of time they take to go round him, the cube of the respective distances is proportional to the square of the corresponding times.
The operatives are perfectly right in thinking that if all worked on Sunday, seven days' work would have to be given for six days' wages: but so long as the great mass of employments are suspended, the small number who for the enjoyment of others must still work, obtain a proportional increase of earnings; and they are not obliged to follow those occupations, if they prefer leisure to emolument.