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English to English noun
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the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient) |  | source: wordnet30
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the relation between things (or parts of things) with respect to their comparative quantity, magnitude, or degree | | Example: an inordinate proportion of the book is given over to quotations
a dry martini has a large proportion of gin
source: wordnet30
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The relation which one quantity or magnitude has to another of the same kind. It is expressed by the quotient of the division of the first by the second; thus, the ratio of 3 to 6 is expressed by &frac36; or ½; of a to b by a/b; or (less commonly) the second term is made the dividend; as, a:b = b/a. | | source: webster1913
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