Commensurateness vs. Proportionality
Commensurateness and Proportionality Definitions
Commensurateness
The state or quality of being commensurate.
Proportionality
Forming a relationship with other parts or quantities; being in proportion.
Commensurateness
The state or quality of being commensurate.
Proportionality
Properly related in size, degree, or other measurable characteristics; corresponding
Punishment ought to be proportional to the crime.
Commensurateness
The relation of correspondence in degree or size or amount
Proportionality
(Mathematics) Having the same or a constant ratio.
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Proportionality
One of the quantities in a mathematical proportion.
Proportionality
(uncountable) the property of being proportional
Proportionality
(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)
Proportionality
(countable) the degree to which something is in proportion
Proportionality
The state of being in proportion.
Proportionality
The quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole
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