PROPORTION

• (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"

  synonyms : balance , proportionality

• (noun) magnitude or extent

  "a building of vast proportions"

  synonyms : dimension

• (noun) 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"

  synonyms : ratio

• (noun) the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole

• (noun) balance among the parts of something

  synonyms : symmetry

• (verb) adjust in size relative to other things

• (verb) give pleasant proportions to

  "harmonize a building with those surrounding it"

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