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Propinquity
- noun - the property of being close together
Propithecus
- - A genus including the long-tailed, or diadem, indris. See Indris.
Propitiable
- - Capable of being propitiated.
Propitiator
- - One who propitiates or appeases.
Proplastics
- - The art of making molds for castings.
Proportions
- 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"
Proposition
- noun - (logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false
- a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection; "it was a suggestion we couldn't refuse"
- a task to be dealt with; "securing adequate funding is a time-consuming proposition"
- an offer for a private bargain (especially a request for sexual favors)
- suggest sex to; "She was propositioned by a stranger at the party"
- the act of making a proposal; "they listened to her proposal"
Propounding
- verb - put forward, as of an idea
- to put forward or offer for consideration, acceptance, or adoption; set forth; propose: to propound a theory.