Proportional : adj
1: properly related in size or degree or other measurable
characteristics; usually followed by `to'; "punishment
oughtt to be proportional to the crime"; "earnings
relative to production" [syn: relative]
2: increasing as the amount taxed increases [syn: graduated]
(noun)
1: one of the quantities in a mathematical proportion
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Logistic \Lo*gis"tic\, Logistical \Lo*gis"tic*al\, a. [Gr. ?
skilled in calculating, ? to calculate, fr. lo`gos word,
number, reckoning: cf. F. logistique.]
1. Logical. [Obs.] --Berkeley.
2. (Math.) Sexagesimal, or made on the scale of 60; as,
logistic, or sexagesimal, arithmetic.
Logistic, or Proportional, logarithms, certain
logarithmic numbers used to shorten the calculation of the
fourth term of a proportion of which one of the terms is a
given constant quantity, commonly one hour, while the
other terms are expressed in minutes and seconds; -- not
now used.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Proportional : \Pro*por"tion*al\, n.
1. (Math.) Any number or quantity in a proportion; as, a mean
proportional.
2. (Chem.) The combining weight or equivalent of an element.
[Obs.]
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Proportional : \Pro*por"tion*al\, a. [L. proportionalis: cf. F.
proportionnel.]
1. Having a due proportion, or comparative relation; being in
suitable proportion or degree; as, the parts of an edifice
are proportional. --Milton.
2. Relating to, or securing, proportion. --Hutton.
3. (Math.) Constituting a proportion; having the same, or a
constant, ratio; as, proportional quantities; momentum is
proportional to quantity of matter.
Proportional logarithms, logistic logarithms. See under
Logistic.
Proportional scale, a scale on which are marked parts
proportional to the logarithms of the natural numbers; a
logarithmic scale.
Proportional scales, compasses, dividers, etc.
(Draughting), instruments used in making copies of
drawings, or drawings of objects, on an enlarged or
reduced scale.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Compasses \Com"pass*es\, n., pl.
An instrument for describing circles, measuring figures,
etc., consisting of two, or (rarely) more, pointed branches,
or legs, usually joined at the top by a rivet on which they
move.
Note: The compasses for drawing circles have adjustable pen
points, pencil points, etc.; those used for measuring
without adjustable points are generally called
dividers. See Dividers.
Bow compasses. See Bow-compass.
Caliber compasses, Caliper compasses. See Calipers.
Proportional, Triangular, etc., compasses. See under
Proportional, etc.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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