proportionate
IPA: prʌpˈɔrʃʌnʌt
verb
- (transitive) To make proportionate.
adjective
- In proportion; proportional; commensurable.
- Harmonious and symmetrical.
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Examples of "proportionate" in Sentences
- Except, this equation has one extra term proportionate to hbar.
- But was it "proportionate" -- using the buzzword of the moment?
- The notion that a military response should be proportionate is silly.
- Proportional net debt is defined as our proportionate share of our affiliates' net debt.
- We don't make it onto the Hugo ballot in proportionate numbers, I suspect because the voter base for the Hugos has its favorites.
- Indeed, it would appear that the real interests of political actors will find expression proportionate to their power, regardless of administrative arrangements Coy, 1946; Dimock, 1951.
- When I last covered Giuliani the night of the Iowa Caucus, in fact, he was here in Florida, as we all know, saying he was not at all worried about what he calls his proportionate strategy.
- As to the point to Adam B. - I was using an "extreme" example to prove a point re. the legitimacy of using the term proportionate at all (which is standardly used by the police re. proportionate force etc.).
- Moreover, it raises the farmer's income, enhances his standard of living, absorbs the rain, keeps his farm from migrating to the Gulf of Mexico, and in proportionate degree it aids in lessening the volume of flood waters each year.
- Every time that Israel allowed the terrorists to strike with relative impunity - every time the response was 'proportionate' - Hamas and Hezbollah gained support among Palestinians and respect in the world as a whole (because, no matter what they say, even overcivilized Europeans love a winner).
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