Definition of proporcionar
1. proportion [ n ] the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole
Used in print:(Tristram P. Coffin, "Folklore in the American Twentieth...)
The popularity of folklore in America stands in direct proportion to the popularity of nationalism in America .
(B. J. D. Meeuse, The Story of Pollination....)
As a result , the proportion of males ( which leave the nest ) increases , and eventually the old colony will die_out completely .
(Clifford H. Pope, The Giant Snakes....)
It seems likely that the Indian_python comes_out ahead because records of its growth have been made more carefully and frequently ; it responds exceptionally well to captivity and does not reach proportions that make it hard to keep .
(Jacob Robbins et al., "The thyroid-stimulating...)
With lower levels , thyroid hypertrophy and increased thyroid blood flow enable the thyroid to accumulate a larger proportion of the daily intake of iodine .
(Frederick Mosteller et al., Probability with...)
Ten students act_as managers for a high-school football_team , and of these managers a proportion p are licensed drivers .
Synonyms proportion proportionality Related Terms quotient pct scale content batting_average case-fatality_proportion commensurateness golden_section case-to-infection_proportion proportional2. proportion [ n ] magnitude or extent
Examples:
"a building of vast proportions"
(L. Don Leet and Florence J. Leet, editors, The World of...)
They usually range from 20 to 60 feet in_height , but when they pour into a V shaped inlet or harbor they may rise to mountainous proportions .
(Robert E. Lane, The Liberties of Wit: Humanism, Critici...)
A need so deeply planted , asking for direction , so_to_speak , is likely to be gratified by the vivid examples and heroic proportions of literature .
(A.L. Kroeber, "Semantic Contribution of Lexicostatistic...)
In proportion as meanings are concrete , we can better rely_on their being insulated and distinctive .
I would propose , first , an abandonment of attempts at a universal lexical list , as intrinsically unachievable , and operationally inadequate in proportion as it is achieved .
Synonyms proportion dimension Related Terms magnitude3. proportion [ n ] balance among the parts of something
Used in print:(Irving Stone, The Agony and the Ecstasy....)
His Mary would be slender of limb and delicate of proportion , yet she must hold this full-grown man as securely and convincingly as she would a child .
Synonyms proportion symmetry Related Terms disproportion balance symmetrize4. proportion [ v ] adjust in size relative to other things
Synonyms proportion Related Terms adjust scale_up scale_down5. proportion [ v ] give pleasant proportions to
Examples:
"harmonize a building with those surrounding it"
6. proportion [ n ] harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design)
Examples: : "in all perfectly beautiful objects there is found the opposition of one part to another and a reciprocal balance"- John Ruskin
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