proportionality
Relative size matching
Proportionality is the quality of being in proper ratio or balance with something else.
In law, proportionality requires that punishments fit crimes or that responses match threats: The court questioned the proportionality of a life sentence for shoplifting.
In mathematics and science, proportionality describes relationships where quantities increase or decrease together at a constant rate.
Impartial treatment or ownership value
- impartialityFreedom from prejudice
- evenhandednessUnbiased, balanced judgment
- reasonablenessQuality of being fair-minded
- objectivityFreedom from personal bias
fair-mindedness · nondiscrimination · appropriateness · justness · desert · merit · due · entitlement
Proportion out of hundred
- fractionPart divided by whole
- quotientDivision's numerical result
- rateMeasured speed or charge
- scaleMeasure of relative size
coefficient · index · measure · metric · numerator · denominator · factor · multiplier
State of balance
- counterweightBalancing mass in machinery
- scaleMeasure of relative size
- calibrationAdjusting for measurement accuracy
- adjustmentAlteration to improve fit
compensation · distribution · allocation · weighting · parity · evenness · correspondence · scaling
Measure of relative size
- symmetryInvariance under transformation
- compositionArranged elements forming whole
- harmonyAgreement or musical blend
- spacingInterval arrangement between objects
layout · dimension · size · relationship · alignment · geometry · aesthetic · Vitruvian
Close, careful examination
- reasonablenessQuality of being fair-minded
- constitutionalityAccordance with founding charter
- punishmentPenalty for an offense
- sanctionApproval or punitive measure
penalty · severity · offense · culpability · deterrence · retribution · graduated
Quality of being suitable
- restraintControl over impulses
- moderationAvoidance of excess
- necessityIndispensable requirement
- escalationProgressive increase in intensity
retaliation · reciprocity · tit-for-tat · overkill · excessive · warranted · justified
equity
Impartial treatment or ownership value
- impartialityFreedom from prejudice
- evenhandednessUnbiased, balanced judgment
- reasonablenessQuality of being fair-minded
objectivity · fair-mindedness · nondiscrimination · appropriateness · justness · desert · merit · due · entitlement · commensurate
percentage
Proportion out of hundred
scale · coefficient · index · measure · metric · numerator · denominator · factor · multiplier · divisor
equilibrium
State of balance
- counterweightBalancing mass in machinery
- scaleMeasure of relative size
- calibrationAdjusting for measurement accuracy
adjustment · compensation · distribution · allocation · weighting · parity · evenness · correspondence · scaling · gradation
scale
Measure of relative size
- symmetryInvariance under transformation
- compositionArranged elements forming whole
- harmonyAgreement or musical blend
spacing · layout · dimension · size · relationship · alignment · geometry · aesthetic · Vitruvian · phi
scrutiny
Close, careful examination
- reasonablenessQuality of being fair-minded
- constitutionalityAccordance with founding charter
- punishmentPenalty for an offense
sanction · penalty · severity · offense · culpability · deterrence · retribution · graduated
appropriateness
Quality of being suitable
- restraintControl over impulses
- moderationAvoidance of excess
- necessityIndispensable requirement
escalation · retaliation · reciprocity · tit-for-tat · overkill · excessive · warranted · justified
- justicecourtroom, trials, retributive justice, courts, gavel
- compositionbalance, symmetry, asymmetry, layout, arrangement
- fairnessfair play, fair shake, fair treatment, fair and square, fair share
- moderationmoderation, in moderation, restraint, self-control, moderately
- constitutional lawConstitution, Bill of Rights, First Amendment, Second Amendment, Fourth Amendment
- criminal lawcrime, felony, misdemeanor, murder, robbery
proportionalitydisproportionality
State of unequal ratios
disproportion · nonlinearity · imbalance · asymmetry · unevenness
proportionalitydisproportionality
State of unequal ratios
excess · excessiveness · overkill · disproportion · overreaction
proportionalityarbitrariness
Baseless decision-making quality
randomness · capriciousness · haphazardness · irregularity · inconsistency
proportion, proportional, proportionate, disproportionate, proportionately, proportionally, disproportionately, disproportional