proportion proportionality balance | 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 |
proportion dimension | magnitude or extent, a building of vast proportions |
numerical quantity | a quantity expressed as a number |
law of constant proportion law of definite proportions | (chemistry) law stating that every pure substance always contains the same elements combined in the same proportions by weight |
law of equivalent proportions law of reciprocal proportions | (chemistry) law stating that the proportions in which two elements separately combine with a third element are also the proportions in which they combine together |
law of multiple proportions Dalton's law | (chemistry) law stating that when two elements can combine to form more than one compound the amounts of one of them that combines with a fixed amount of the other will exhibit a simple multiple relation |
numerical analysis | (mathematics) the branch of mathematics that studies algorithms for approximating solutions to problems in the infinitesimal calculus |
absolute value numerical value | a real number regardless of its sign |
proportion ratio | the relation between things (or parts of things) with respect to their comparative quantity, magnitude, or degree, an inordinate proportion of the book is given over to quotations, a dry martini has a large proportion of gin |
proportion | the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole |
case-fatality proportion | the number of cases of a disease ending in death divided by the number of cases of the disease, usually expressed as a percentage or as the number of deaths per cases |
case-to-infection proportion case-to-infection ratio | the number of cases of a disease divided by the number of infections with the agent that causes the disease |
symmetry proportion | balance among the parts of something |
proportion | adjust in size relative to other things |
proportion | give pleasant proportions to, harmonize a building with those surrounding it |
numeric numerical | measured or expressed in numbers, numerical value, the numerical superiority of the enemy |
numerical mathematical | relating to or having ability to think in or work with numbers, tests for rating numerical aptitude, a mathematical whiz |
numeral numerical numeric | of or relating to or denoting numbers, a numeral adjective |