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• a part, share, or number considered in comparative relation to a whole.

• "the proportion of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is rising"

Similar: part, portion, amount, quantity, bit, piece, percentage, section, segment, share, quota, division, fraction, measure,

• adjust or regulate (something) so that it has a particular or suitable relationship to something else.

• "a life after death in which happiness can be proportioned to virtue"

Origin: late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin proportio(n- ), from pro portione ‘in respect of (its or a person's) share’.

• according to a particular relationship in size, amount, or degree.
"the pension was docked in proportion to earnings"

• in the wrong relation to the size, shape, or position of other things.
"the sculpture seemed out of proportion to its surroundings"

• the ability to judge the relative importance or seriousness of things.
"just talking about it will help you to keep a sense of proportion"