proportionality – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
proportionality
n.
relationship
Proportionality
Proportionality may refer to:
- Proportionality (mathematics), the relationship of two variables whose ratio is constant
- Proportionality (law), A legal principle under municipal law in which the punishment of a certain crime should be in proportion to the severity of the crime itself, and under international law an important consideration when assessing the military necessity of an attack on a military objective
- Proportionality (political maxim), A maxim which states that any layer of government should not take any action that exceeds that which is necessary to achieve the objective of government
proportionality
Noun
1. the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole
(synonym) proportion
(hypernym) quotient
(hyponym) case-fatality proportion
(part-meronym) proportional
Proportionality
(n.)
The state of being in proportion.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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proportionality
A European Community principle, which states that the action taken must be proportionate to the objective it is intended to achieve.
