proportionality

/prəˌpɔːʃəˈnæləti/noun

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1
[U] formal
the principle that something should be in proportion to something else, for example that a punishment should match the seriousness of the crime
आनुपातिकता, समानुपातिकता
- The court applied the principle of proportionality in deciding the sentence.
- Critics questioned the proportionality of the military response.
2
[U] technical
the relationship between two quantities that change at the same rate
समानुपात (गणित में)
- The constant of proportionality is found by dividing y by x.

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