present participle of proportion

Misspelling of purport.

A voting principle aimed at securing a close match between the percentage of votes that groups of candidates (usually political parties) obtain in elections, and the percentage of seats they receive in the elected body.

(mathematics) Proportional to the reciprocal of the independent variable.

(mathematics) Proportional to a constant multiple of an independent variable.

analogy between four things, in which A is to B as C is to D, or A : B = C : D.

(dated) plural of mean proportional

The geometric mean.

plural of mean proportional

plural of proportional analogy