PROPORTIONALITY

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PROPORTIONALITYn.
Websters Unabridged Dictionary (1913) • 1913
The state of being in proportion. Coleridge.
proportionalitynoun
Wiktionary (English) • 2026
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the property of being proportional | the principle that government action ought to be proportional to the ends achieved (e.g. the military should not be deployed to stop petty vandalism) | the degree to which something is in proportion

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