8 example sentences using proportionality.
Proportionality used in a sentence
Proportionality in a sentence as a noun
It's sad that our legal system lacks a sense of proportionality for crimes.
I see the irony, but couldn't you argue that it is a fair lesson in proportionality?
This is still ignoring other obvious questionable points about drone strikes, such as issues regarding proportionality.
It's pretty overall, but the one character for which the illusion of proportionality really breaks is the lower-case L, which consistently appears to have a space after it.
Constitutionally, this is a reflection of the principle of proportionality [1] in conjunction with article 1 and 2 of the German constitution.
The distinction between felony and misdemeanor is key, and therein rests Lessig's argument about proportionality.
That's like saying that people who block traffic for ten minutes to make a point about nuclear weapons deserved to be charged under the conspiracy statutes with potential life sentences since it was near a federal facility...There's a certain proportionality that's very definitely lacking in this case.
In addition, IHL prohibits indiscriminate attacks and provides for the principle of proportionality, which dictates that the so called "incidental loss" of civilian life and/or property should not be excessive in relation to the concrete and direct military advantage anticipated.
Proportionality definitions
a ratio of two quantities that is constant
harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design); "in all perfectly beautiful objects there is found the opposition of one part to another and a reciprocal balance"- John Ruskin
See also: proportion balance