Proportion

Portuguese Meaning

proporção

dimensão

comparação

razão

relação

simetria

tamanho

regra de três

proporcionar

pôr em proporção

tornar proporcional

adaptar

harmonizar

English Meaning

  1. A part considered in relation to the whole.
  2. A relationship between things or parts of things with respect to comparative magnitude, quantity, or degree: the proper proportion between oil and vinegar in the dressing.
  3. A relationship between quantities such that if one varies then another varies in a manner dependent on the first: "We do not always find visible happiness in proportion to visible virtue” ( Samuel Johnson).
  4. Agreeable or harmonious relation of parts within a whole; balance or symmetry.
  5. Dimensions; size. Often used in the plural.
  6. Mathematics A statement of equality between two ratios. Four quantities, a, b, c, d, are said to be in proportion if a/b = c/d .
  7. To adjust so that proper relations between parts are attained.
  8. To form the parts of with balance or symmetry.