Jump to user comments
Noun
- 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
- 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
- balance among the parts of something
- 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
Verb
- adjust in size relative to other things
- give pleasant proportions to
- harmonize a building with those surrounding it