'Proportioning' definitions:
Definition of 'Proportioning'
From: GCIDE
- Proportion \Pro*por"tion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Proportioned; p. pr. & vb. n. Proportioning.] [Cf. F. proportionner. Cf. Proportionate, v.]
- 1. To adjust in a suitable proportion, as one thing or one part to another; as, to proportion the size of a building to its height; to proportion our expenditures to our income. [1913 Webster]
- In the loss of an object we do not proportion our grief to the real value . . . but to the value our fancies set upon it. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To form with symmetry or suitableness, as the parts of the body. [1913 Webster]
- Nature had proportioned her without any fault. --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To divide into equal or just shares; to apportion. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Proportioning'
- In proportion,
- Proportion,
- Proportional,
- Proportionality,
- Proportionally,
- Proportioned,
- out of proportion,
- Composition of proportion,
- Continual proportionals,
- Continued proportion,
- Directly proportional,
- Discrete proportion,
- Distributive proportion,
- Duplicate proportion,
- Harmonic proportion,
- Harmonical proportion,
- Inverse proportion,
- Inversely proportional,
- Mean proportional,
- Musical proportion,
- Proportional logarithms,
- Proportional scale,
- Reciprocal proportion,
- Reciprocally proportional,
- Terms of a proportion,
- constant of proportionality,
- factor of proportionality,
- geometrical proportion,
- proportion of faith,
- proportional counter,
- proportional font,
- proportional representation,
- proportional sample,
- proportional sampling,
- proportional tax,
- Law of definite proportions,
- Law of multiple proportion,
- ill-proportioned,
- law of constant proportion,
- law of equivalent proportions,
- law of multiple proportions,
- law of reciprocal proportions,
- proportional counter tube,
- well-proportioned,
- case-fatality proportion,
- case-to-infection proportion