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PROPORTION

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proportion I. substantiv

1. proporţie, raport cantitativ;

(chim.) the law of multiple proportions legea proporţiilor multiple;

in a fixed proportion to each other într-un report constituit unul faţă de altul;

in due proportion în proporţie raţională, bine dozat;

in proportion as pe măsură ce;

in proportion to în raport cu, proporţional cu;

payment in proportion to the work done plată în raport cu munca;

out of proportion to disproporţionat faţă de, incomensurabil faţă de;

his duties are no proportion / are out of all proportion to his abilities atribuţiiie sale nu corespund (de loc) capacităţii sale;

his expenses are out of proportion to / with his income cheltuielile sale sunt disproporţionate faţă de venitul său;

in admirable proportion într-o simetrie admirabilă;

in due proportion a) în proporţia cuvenită; b) în perfectă armonie;

he has no sense of balance and proportion nu are simţul echilibrului şi al proporţiei;

to lose all sense of proportion a pierde orice simţ al măsurii, a pierde orice măsură.

2. (mat.) proporţie;

the proportion that x bears to y proportionalitatea dintre x şi y;

arithmetical proportion proporţie aritmetică;

geometrical proportion proporţie geometrică;

inverse proportion proporţie inversă.

3. (aritm.) regula de trei.

4. (fam.) parte dintr-o suprafaţă; porţiune;

to divide expenses in direct proportion a repartiza cheltuielile în mod egal;

proportion of an ingredient in a mixture doza unui ingredient într-un amestec;

alloy containing copper in small proportion aliaj care conţine aramă într-o proporţie mică.

5. plural proporţii (ale unei clădiri); dimensiuni (ale unei maşini).

proportion II. verb tranzitiv

1. a proporţiona; a măsura;

to proportion one’s expenditure to one’s gains a-şi măsura cheltuielile după câştig.

2. (tehn.) a determina dimensiunile (unei piese).

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