10 example sentences using proportional.
Proportional used in a sentence
Proportional in a sentence as a noun
Pressure vessel mass is proportional to volume and pressure.
It helps a lot in parsing the comments and assigning a proportional weight to each when reading them.> I had to think about this a bit, and I disagree so far. I'm finding that I'm not pre-judging comments as much.
When a student gets free money proportional to tuition, they can choose a school that charges ridiculously high rates for tuition.
Also in general the severity of the charge is directly proportional to the quantity of *****.
The topic seems to be one of those where on average the strength of people's opinions is inversely proportional to how much they've studied the problem.
Proportional in a sentence as an adjective
In germany, by contrast, we have a system of proportional representation.
It helps a lot in parsing the comments and assigning a proportional weight to each when reading them.> I had to think about this a bit, and I disagree so far.
Status is directly proportional to the ability to exercise power.
I'm apathetic about "social proof" in general because, in humans, sociality is inversely proportional to quality.
For the political hackers: note that these victories are made possible by Germany's proportional representation system, which guarantees seats in parliaments to any party which gets more than 5% of the popular vote across the state/city/whatever.
Proportional definitions
one of the quantities in a mathematical proportion
properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to'; "the punishment ought to be proportional to the crime"; "earnings relative to production"
See also: relative
having a constant ratio