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adj
Changing in size or amount in a way that matches another thing.
The fine is proportional to the seriousness of the offence.
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adj
Having a fixed ratio to something, so that one rises or falls as the other does.
The pressure of a gas is proportional to its temperature.
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biproportionaldisproportionalequiproportionalmultiproportionalnonproportionaloverproportionalproportionalismproportionalistproportionalityproportionalizeproportionallysubproportional