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- English Word Proplasm Definition A mold; a matrix.
- English Word Proplastic Definition Forming a mold.
- English Word Proplastics Definition The art of making molds for castings.
- English Word Propleg Definition Same as Proleg.
- English Word Propodia Definition of Propodium
- English Word Propodial Definition Of or pertaining to the propodialia, or the parts of the limbs to which they belong.
- English Word Propodiale Definition The bone of either the upper arm or the thing, the propodialia being the humerus and femur.
- English Word Propodialia Definition of Propodiale
- English Word Propodite Definition The sixth joint of a typical leg of a crustacean; usually, the penultimate joint.
- English Word Propodium Definition The anterior portion of the foot of a mollusk.
- English Word Propodium Definition The segment which forms the posterior part of the thorax of a hymenopterous insect.
- English Word Propolis Definition Same as Bee glue, under Bee.
- English Word Propone Definition To propose; to bring forward.
- English Word Proponent Definition Making proposals; proposing.
- English Word Proponent Definition One who makes a proposal, or lays down a proposition.
- English Word Proponent Definition The propounder of a thing.
- English Word Proportion Definition The relation or adaptation of one portion to another, or to the whole, as respect magnitude, quantity, or degree; comparative relation; ratio; as, the proportion of the parts of a building, or of the body.
- English Word Proportion Definition Harmonic relation between parts, or between different things of the same kind; symmetrical arrangement or adjustment; symmetry; as, to be out of proportion.
- English Word Proportion Definition The portion one receives when a whole is distributed by a rule or principle; equal or proper share; lot.
- English Word Proportion Definition A part considered comparatively; a share.
- English Word Proportion Definition The equality or similarity of ratios, especially of geometrical ratios; or a relation among quantities such that the quotient of the first divided by the second is equal to that of the third divided by the fourth; -- called also geometrical proportion, in distinction from arithmetical proportion, or that in which the difference of the first and second is equal to the difference of the third and fourth.
- English Word Proportion Definition The rule of three, in arithmetic, in which the three given terms, together with the one sought, are proportional.
- English Word Proportion Definition To adjust in a suitable proportion, as one thing or one part to another; as, to proportion the size of a building to its height; to proportion our expenditures to our income.
- English Word Proportion Definition To form with symmetry or suitableness, as the parts of the body.
- English Word Proportion Definition To divide into equal or just shares; to apportion.
- English Word Proportionable Definition Capable of being proportioned, or made proportional; also, proportional; proportionate.
- English Word Proportionably Definition Proportionally.
- English Word Proportional Definition Having a due proportion, or comparative relation; being in suitable proportion or degree; as, the parts of an edifice are proportional.
- English Word Proportional Definition Relating to, or securing, proportion.
- English Word Proportional Definition Constituting a proportion; having the same, or a constant, ratio; as, proportional quantities; momentum is proportional to quantity of matter.