proportionally
Scaled to size
In a way that maintains a consistent ratio or relationship between quantities.
If something increases proportionally, it grows at the same rate as something else: Taxes rise proportionally with income.
The ingredients should be adjusted proportionally when doubling the recipe.
Often interchangeable with proportionately.
Connected by blood
- comparativeInvolving measured contrast
- differentialRelative difference between things
- benchmarkStandard for comparison
- yardstickThirty-six-inch ruler
standard · measure · corresponding · equivalent · analogous · parallel · correlative · commensurate
Proportion out of hundred
- fractionPart divided by whole
- quotientDivision's numerical result
- rateMeasured speed or charge
- coefficientNumber multiplying a variable
numerator · denominator · decimal · per capita · pro rata · aliquot · dividend · divisor
Change an object's dimensions
- enlargeIncrease in size
- shrinkDecrease in size
- magnifyIncrease perceived size
- reduceMake smaller in degree
expand · contract · stretch · compress · amplify · diminish · inflate · deflate
Distribution of shares
- apportionmentDivision into shares
- divisionSplitting into parts
- partitioningDividing into sections
- rationingLimiting distribution during scarcity
disbursement · allotment · sharing · spread · dispersal · equitable · fair share · weighted
State of balance
- evennessUniform, balanced quality
- parityState of being equal
- symmetryInvariance under transformation
- uniformityState of being identical
correspondence · commensurate · equidistant · calibration · counterbalance · equalization · homeostasis · consonance
relative
Connected by blood
- comparativeInvolving measured contrast
- differentialRelative difference between things
- benchmarkStandard for comparison
yardstick · standard · measure · corresponding · equivalent · analogous · parallel · correlative · commensurate · indexed
percentage
Proportion out of hundred
coefficient · numerator · denominator · decimal · per capita · pro rata · aliquot · dividend · divisor · factor
resize
Change an object's dimensions
reduce · expand · contract · stretch · compress · amplify · diminish · inflate · deflate · zoom
allocation
Distribution of shares
- apportionmentDivision into shares
- divisionSplitting into parts
- partitioningDividing into sections
rationing · disbursement · allotment · sharing · spread · dispersal · equitable · fair share · weighted · tiered
equilibrium
State of balance
uniformity · correspondence · commensurate · equidistant · calibration · counterbalance · equalization · homeostasis · consonance · congruence
proportionallydisproportionately
Beyond fair ratio
disproportionally · unevenly · inequitably · asymmetrically · unequally
proportionallyabsolutely
Completely, without exception
nominally · fixedly · flatly · uniformly · constantly
- directly proportionalVarying at constant ratio
- proportional responseReaction matching the offense
- inversely proportionalVarying in opposite directions
- proportional representationSeats allocated by vote share