proporción

Definitions of proporción
  1. noun
    magnitude or extent
    synonyms: dimensiones
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    type of:
    magnitud
    the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small)
  2. noun
    the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole
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    types:
    p.c., pc, por ciento, porcentaje
    a proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred)
    type of:
    cociente
    the ratio of two quantities to be divided
  3. noun
    the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient)
    synonyms: razón, relación
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    types:
    CI, coeficiente de inteligencia
    a measure of a person's intelligence as indicated by an intelligence test; the ratio of a person's mental age to their chronological age (multiplied by 100)
    magnitud
    a number assigned to the ratio of two quantities; two quantities are of the same order of magnitude if one is less than 10 times as large as the other; the number of magnitudes that the quantities differ is specified to within a power of 10
    cociente
    the ratio of two quantities to be divided
    type of:
    magnitud relativa, relación de magnitud
    a relation between magnitudes
  4. noun
    balance among the parts of something
    synonyms: simetría
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    antonyms:
    desmesura, desproporción
    lack of proportion; imbalance among the parts of something
    type of:
    equilibrio
    equality of distribution
  5. noun
    a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
    synonyms: coyuntura, lugar, margen, ocasión, opción, oportunidad, perspectiva, resquicio
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    audiencia
    an opportunity to state your case and be heard
    opinión, voz
    the chance to speak
    intento
    a chance to do something
    venta
    an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices
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