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Proportion
- noun - adjust in size relative to other things
- balance among the parts of something
- give pleasant proportions to; "harmonize a building with those surrounding it"
- harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design); "in all perfectly beautiful objects there is found the opposition of one part to another and a reciprocal balance"- John Ruskin
- magnitude or extent; "a building of vast proportions"
- the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole
- the relation between things (or parts of things) with respect to their comparative quantity, magnitude, or degree; "an inordinate proportion of the book is given over to quotations"; "a dry martini has a large proportion of gin"
Propositus
- noun - the person immediately affected by or concerned with an action
Propounded
- verb - put forward, as of an idea
- to put forward or offer for consideration, acceptance, or adoption; set forth; propose: to propound a theory.
Propounder
- - One who propounds, proposes, or offers for consideration.
Proroguing
- verb - adjourn by royal prerogative; without dissolving the legislative body
- hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam"
Prosocoele
- - The entire cavity of the prosencephalon.
Prosodical
- - Of or pertaining to prosody; according to the rules of prosody.
Prosodions
- noun - religious music used in a procession
Protoconch
- - The embryonic shell, or first chamber, of ammonites and other cephalopods.
Protoctist
- noun - any of the unicellular protists