Proportional
(adjective)
- Relating to, having, or being a proportion.
- In accordance with a proportion or ratio; proportional to the size or amount of something else.
Origin:
Late 16th century; earliest use found in william fulke (1538–1589), church of england clergyman and controversialist. from classical latin proportionalis, from proporciō (see proportion n.) + -alis.
Examples:
- The profits of the company are proportional to the amount of work done by the employees.
- His salary increase was proportional to his years of service.
- The proportion of salt in the mixture is critical to the recipe.
- She ate a proportional amount of food to her body weight.
- The size of the cake was proportional to the number of guests.