Phrase Hound found 13 phrases and 22 compound words that contain proportion. The most common are listed below. Open proportion in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 13
- out of proportionNot in a proper or pleasing relation to other things, especially in terms of size.
- blow out of proportionTo overreact to or overstate; to treat too seriously or be overly concerned with.
- golden proportionSynonym of golden ratio: The irrational number (approximately 1.618), usually denoted by the Greek letter φ (phi), which is equal to the sum of its own reciprocal and 1, or, equivalently, is the square root of the sum of itself and 1.
- divine proportionThe golden section.
- inverse proportionThe property of being inversely proportional.
- reciprocal proportionSynonym of inverse proportion: The property of being inversely proportional.
- blown out of proportionpast participle of blow out of proportion: To overreact to or overstate; to treat too seriously or be overly concerned with.
- compound proportionA proportion between two quantities, each of which is the product of two or more, those of the first set being in their order proportional to those of the other.
- blew out of proportionsimple past of blow out of proportion
- harmonic proportionThe relation of three quantities in harmonic progression, with the second being a harmonic mean between the first and third, as in the three numbers 2, 3, and 6.
- out of all proportionAlternative form of out of proportion: Not in a proper or pleasing relation to other things, especially in terms of size.
- blowing out of proportionpresent participle and gerund of blow out of proportion
- blows out of proportionthird-person singular simple present indicative of blow out of proportion: To overreact to or overstate; to treat too seriously or be overly concerned with.
Compound words 22
- proportionizeTo ensure that everything is in proper proportion to form a harmonious or properly functioning whole.
- equiproportionAn equal proportion (as other proportions).
- superproportionoverplus or excess of proportion
- unproportionLack of proportion.
- malproportionSynonym of misproportion: A deviation from proper proportions.
- misproportionA deviation from proper proportions.
- proportionerA basic pumping unit consisting of two positive displacement pumps designed to dispense two components at a precisely controlled ratio.
- proportionlessWithout proportion; unsymmetrical.
- proportionmentThe act or process of dividing out proportionally.
- reproportionTo modify to have different proportions.