2. To form with symmetry or suitableness, as the parts of the body. Nature had proportioned her without any fault. Sir P. Sidney.
3. To divide into equal or just shares; to apportion.
PROPORTIONABLE
Pro*por"tion*a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being proportioned, or made proportional; also,
proportional; proportionate.
— Pro*por"tion*a*ble*ness, n.
But eloquence may exist without a proportionable degree of wisdom.
Burke.
Proportionable, which is no longer much favored, was of our [i. e.,
English writers'] own coining. Fitzed. Hall.
PROPORTIONABLY
Pro*por"tion*a*bly, adv.
Defn: Proportionally. Locke.
PROPORTIONAL
Pro*por"tion*al, a. Etym: [L. proportionalis: cf. F. proportionnel.]
1. Having a due proportion, or comparative relation; being in suitable proportion or degree; as, the parts of an edifice are proportional. Milton.
2. Relating to, or securing, proportion. Hutton. 3. (Math.) Constituting a proportion; having the same, or a constant, ratio; as, proportional quantities; momentum is proportional to quantity of matter. Proportional logarithms, logistic logarithms. See under Logistic. — Proportional scale, a scale on which are marked parts proportional to the logarithms of the natural numbers; a logarithmic scale. — Proportional scales, compasses, dividers, etc. (Draughting), instruments used in making copies of drawings, or drawings of objects, on an enlarged or reduced scale.
PROPORTIONAL
Pro*por"tion*al, n.