proportionality

Meaning

1. (uncountable) the property of being proportional
2. (uncountable) 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)
3. (countable) the degree to which something is in proportion

Synonyms

proportion

balance

proportional

proportionment

relativity

symmetric

symmetry

uniformity

proportionateness

commensurability

Translations

proporzionalità

Proportionalität

Verhältnismäßigkeit

equilibrio

proporción

proporcionalidad

équilibre

αναλογικότητα

proportion

proportionalité

proportionnalité

التّناسب

proporzione

commisurazione

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɹəpɔɹʃəˈnæləti/

Etymology

From proportional + -ity, from Latin proportionalitas.