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9 words match “PROPORTIONALLY”

PROPORTIONALLY adv.
In proportion; in due degree; adapted relatively; as, all parts of the building are proportionally large. Sir I. Newton.
DISPROPORTIONALLY adv.
In a disproportional manner; unsuitably in form, quantity, or value; unequally.
APPORTION v.
To divide and assign in just proportion; to divide and distribute proportionally; to portion out; to allot; as, to apportion undivided rights; to apportion time among various employments.
PROPORTIONABLY adv.
Proportionally. Locke.
PROPORTIONATELY adv.
In a proportionate manner; with due proportion; proportionally.
PROPORTIONMENT n.
The act or process of dividing out proportionally.
PRORATE v.
To divide or distribute proportionally; to assess pro rata. [U.S.]
RUBATO a.
formance in which some tones are held longer than their legitimate time, while others are proportionally curtailed.
SPECTRUM n.
nventional plan adopted as standard, especially a spectrum in which the colors are spaced proportionally to their wave lengths, as when formed by a diffraction grating. -- Ocular spectrum. See Spectrum, 2 (b), above. -- Prismatic spectrum, a spectrum produced by means of a prism. -- Solar spectrum, the spectrum of s…