proportion
/pɹəˈpɔɹʃən/ noun B1- A quantity of something that is part of the whole amount or number.
- Harmonious relation of parts to each other or to the whole.
- Proper or equal share.
- The relation of one part to another or to the whole with respect to magnitude, quantity, or degree. · the proportion of the parts of a building, or of the body
- A statement of equality between two ratios.
- Size.
Plural proportions
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“Who and what are you?” demanded Villefort, turning over a pile of papers, containing information relative to the prisoner, that a police agent had given to him on his entry, and that, already, in an hour’s time, had swelled to voluminous proportions, thanks to the corrupt espionage of which “the accused” is always made the victim.
you that lie there, may you prosper just in the same proportion as you are what you pretend to be!”
The proportion of blood cannot be more than one in a million.
Most of the Avonlea people were on Premier’s side of politics; hence on the night of the meeting nearly all the men and a goodly proportion of the women had gone to town thirty miles away.
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