Proportionality

Word PROPORTIONALITY
Character 15
Hyphenation pro por tion al i ty
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Proportionality"

What do we mean by proportionality?

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

The act of using padding on the chest, thighs and bottom and cinching of the waist to create a feminine shape and proportions Urban Dictionary

The act of being proportionate Urban Dictionary

When all areas of the female body are on point. Literally. Literally pointing in all the right directions. Well proportioned. Urban Dictionary

Increasing the aesthetics of the human body. Getting tight. Making oneself look amazing. Urban Dictionary

A person who when you see them looks built strangely. This does not apply to people with any form of disability or a midget. Someone who is proportionally inaccurate looks as if when god was creating them he skipped a few steps or messed up when doing the math to find the right proportions. Urban Dictionary

A term used to describe two or more amounts, physical or metaphorical, that seem to take on a property of percentage. That is, when one amount rises, the other must drop in order to keep the maximum percentage at one hundred. (100%) This normally works against someone, especially the one who points out the counter-proportion. Urban Dictionary

Vocabulary.com Dictionary proportionate When things are in proportion, they are proportionate — their relative magnitudes are in balance and make sense the way they are. When the punishment fits the crime, it's proportionate. Urban Dictionary

When a wire or string is stretched and it’s extension is no longer proportional Urban Dictionary

To put into proportions. Coined by Frank Wang Urban Dictionary

When all areas of the female body are on point. Literally. Literally pointing in all the right directions. Well proportioned. Urban Dictionary

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The word "proportionality" in example sentences

Under the laws of war, the term proportionality has a precise and strictly defined meaning. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Our conclusion that the proper benchmark for measuring proportionality is citizen voting-age population is consistent with the caselaw. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Second, proportionality is not measured by the number of civilians actually killed, but rather by the risk posed. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Hiroshima and Tokyo are excellent examples of WHY proportionality is essential to the laws of war. ❋ Unknown (2010)

This sense of proportionality is the second jus in bello criterion; it has to do almost entirely with the foreseen but unintended harm done to noncombatants and to noncombatant infrastructure. ❋ Unknown (2010)

If the point of all this babble about proportionality is merely meant to establish that HRW is not an unimpeachable source, then fine, I will stipulate to that. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In other words, as Harris explains, the idea of proportionality is shredded. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Those who take this view can claim that what is often called the proportionality condition associated with double effect is really doing all of the explanatory work: it is because the end is judged to be worthy that the harmful means is considered to be permissibly brought about. ❋ McIntyre, Alison (2009)

The reason for tying the lower chamber to a more numerically representative proportionality is a reflection of the very rudimentary nature of that paradigm. ❋ Unknown (2006)

“Anyone who knows anything about the Middle East knows that proportionality is madness,” he wrote. ❋ Unknown (2006)

And don't talk to me about "proportionality" -- that's a newly developed fallacious argument that seems to have been concocted purely for use against Israel. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Typically, compliance means applying a quota standard called "proportionality" -- where schools must maintain the same ratio of men and women on the playing field as in the classroom. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In that respect, I think you’d be right; proportionality is irrelevant. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The people who claim that proportionality is a novel concept that real warfighters don’t consider don’t know what they’re talking about. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I think we have passed the point of establishing that HRW has its preexisting notions like everyone else, and we are now at the point where complaining about HRW’s lack of proportionality is simply a “look over there!” defense. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But it seems like we can agree that people are definitely trying to spin the numbers, and I think it’s also clear that the question of proportionality is close enough that it doesn’t really matter what the final tally is. ❋ Unknown (2010)

This, not such niceties as proportionality, is the stated reason Scheuer doesn’t care about collateral casualties: the innocent victims are the children and wives of jihadists. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The drag queen had a [pancake booty] and [broad shoulders]. She did not know a thing about [proportionizing] ❋ Lady Lohita (2018)

The proportionation of [that girl] is amazing. [i.e]. she has a nice [figure] ❋ Tcal (2007)

Damn, [Katy's] tight. Her body be just [proportionating] [like it's] her job! ❋ I. Ferrari (2014)

I think she's [proportionating] bro. Her legs, her [boobies], and her booty look [swole]! ❋ I. Ferrari (2014)

[My math teacher] kinda [walks] funny. I think it may be due to her [proportionate] innacuracy. Shes proportionally inaccurate ❋ Mynameisrrlakeoswego (2009)

It seems like the amount of friends a guy has on MySpace or Facebook is [counter-proportionate] to how many friends he has in real life. God, it seems like the more this kid I'm [babysitting] likes a toy, the more noise it makes, the less I can enjoy myself while I'm watching him. Money be [damned], I'm not doing this anymore. ❋ Vardinator (2009)

Artists, designers, [architects], and plastic surgeons are all people who care deeply about whether things are proportionate. After all, if you give someone a nose job and their nose turns out too small, it won't look proportionate. And that's just in the visual sense. The old [adage] "No use [crying over spilled milk]" is just a way of saying that tears aren't proportionate to such a minor accident. Tears are proportionate when you crash your car, lose your fortune, or don't get into college. ❋ ... Zjdbckdnznsjd (2019)

[Harry] reached [the limit] of proportionality ❋ De Broglie (2017)

This [component] is a proportionizer for [data]. ❋ Blueicesky (2021)

Damn, [Katy's] tight. Her body be just [proportionating] [like it's] her job! ❋ I. Ferrari (2014)

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