present participle of proportion

Misspelling of purport.

plural of mean proportional

(idiomatic) Not in a proper or pleasing relation to other things, especially in terms of size.

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.

(geometry) The golden section.

Having good and pleasing proportions. / Compact.

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