Proportionality

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proportionality

n. relationship

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Proportionality

Proportionality may refer to:

Proportionality (mathematics), the relationship of two variables whose ratio is constant
Proportionality (law), A legal principle under municipal law in which the punishment of a certain crime should be in proportion to the severity of the crime itself, and under international law an important consideration when assessing the military necessity of an attack on a military objective
Proportionality (political maxim), A maxim which states that any layer of government should not take any action that exceeds that which is necessary to achieve the objective of government

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proportionality

Noun
1. the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole
(synonym) proportion
(hypernym) quotient
(hyponym) case-fatality proportion
(part-meronym) proportional

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Proportionality

(n.)
The state of being in proportion.

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proportionality

A European Community principle, which states that the action taken must be proportionate to the objective it is intended to achieve.