Phrase Hound found 9 phrases and 6 compound words that contain proportions. The most common are listed below. Open proportions in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 9
- compound proportionsplural of compound proportion: A 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.
- golden proportionsplural of golden proportion: 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.
- harmonic proportionsplural of harmonic proportion: The 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.
- blow out of proportionsSynonym of blow out of proportion: To overreact to or overstate; to treat too seriously or be overly concerned with.
- blowing out of proportionspresent participle and gerund of blow out of proportions
- blown out of proportionspast participle of blow out of proportions: To overreact to or overstate; to treat too seriously or be overly concerned with.
- blows out of proportionsthird-person singular simple present indicative of blow out of proportions: To overreact to or overstate; to treat too seriously or be overly concerned with.
- blew out of proportionssimple past of blow out of proportions
- of Koranic proportionsOf biblical proportions: immense.
Compound words 6
- disproportionsplural of disproportion: The state of being out of proportion; an abnormal or improper ratio; an imbalance.
- equiproportionsplural of equiproportion: An equal proportion (as other proportions).
- malproportionsplural of malproportion: A deviation from proper proportions.
- misproportionsthird-person singular simple present indicative of misproportion: A deviation from proper proportions.
- overproportionsthird-person singular simple present indicative of overproportion: To give something excessive proportions
- superproportionsplural of superproportion: overplus or excess of proportion