Proportionally Sentence Examples

Q is supplied by a spring, the extensions of which are recorded on a drum driven proportionally to the angular displacement of the driving pulley; thus a work diagram is obtained.

Comparing the lengths of the extremities, it is seen that the gorilla's arm is of enormous length, in fact about one-sixth longer than the spine, whereas a man's arm is one-fifth shorter than the spine; both hand and foot are proportionally much longer in the gorilla than in man; the leg does not so much differ.

As the loss by evaporation is a deduction lying between a constant figure and a direct proportional to the rainfall, we should err on the safe side in assuming the flow in the second driest year to be increased proportionally to the rainfall, or by the difference between 63 and 87 equal to 24% of the mean of 50 years.

The colonists were strong enough to send large forces to the king in his Scottish wars, but as there was no corresponding immigration this really weakened the English, whose best hopes lay in agriculture and the arts of peace, while the Celtic race waxed proportionally numerous.

In longer tubes a similar disturbance would be caused by a proportionally less difference of temperature.

Moreover, this resistance increases much more rapidly than the height of the furnace, even if the rapidity with which the blast is forced through is constant; and it still further increases if the additional space gained by lengthening the furnace is made useful by increasing proportionally the rate of production, as indeed would naturally be done, because the chief motive for gaining this additional space is to increase production.

The area of the insect, bird and bat, when the wings are fully expanded, is greater than that of any other class of animal, their weight being proportionally less.

And this Analogy 'twixt colours, and refrangibility is very precise and strict; the Rays always either exactly agreeing in both, or proportionally disagreeing in both.

In the course of time, therefore, the small towns came to be better represented proportionally than the large cities, and the growing class of artisans was entirely disfranchised.

He lays stress on the dimensional relations of the problem, pointing out that the phenomena which occur with large vanes in highly rarefied gas could also occur with proportionally smaller vanes in gas at higher pressure.

Meanwhile he published a book, Les Elements du republicanisme, in which he demanded a division of property, if not equally, at least proportionally among the citizens.

On this point it must be borne in mind that the population of the larger towns, on account of the greater mobility of the population since the introduction of railways and the abolition of restrictions upon free settlement, has become more mixedBerlin, Leipzig, Hamburg, &c., showing proportionally more Roman Catholics, and Cologne, Frankfort-onMain, Munich more Protestants than formerly.

At least 350,000 acres in the Transvaal could be remuneratively irrigated, and a proportionally large area in the Orange province.

The best crop is the first of the season, which consists of the unimpregnated females; the later crops contain an admixture of young insects and skins, which contain proportionally little colouring matter.

Indeed, we may say that an egoist must be doubly self-regulative, since rational self-love ought to restrain not only other impulses, but itself also; for as happiness is made up of feelings that result from the satisfaction of impulses other than self-love, any over-development of the latter, enfeebling these other impulses, must proportionally diminish the happiness at which self-love aims. If, then, it be admitted that human impulses are naturally under government, the natural claim of conscience or the moral faculty to be the supreme governor will hardly be denied.

Undoubtedly, in this case, what is true for one is truer still for a thousand, as a large house is not proportionally more expensive than a small one, since one roof may cover, one cellar underlie, and one wall separate several apartments.

Hind extremities proportionally longer with inner toe represented only by a small metatarsal bone.

It sometimes contains as much as 7 0% of carbonate of lime; but generally the amount is much less and the fluxing value proportionally diminished.

They are proportionally most numerous in central and western Rajputana and in Gujarat and Central India.

He invented the coin lock as used in pay toilets, several proportionally spaced typewriters and he built numerous automata.

The proportionally lower thallium concentrations reported for these baby foods compared with previous data on food probably results from the improved LOD.

The new laws require card issuers to apply a payment to the part of the balance with the highest interest rate or apply the payment proportionally to all balances.

Online degrees have gradually increased in popularity as demand for them has proportionally risen.

People with a proportionally shorter torso will have a difficult time finding swimsuits in general because many major styles draw attention to their diminutive middle.

Jackets in petite sizes are proportionally sized and will fit better than regular sizes.

Depending on the designs (metal accents, gemstones, etc.), the decorative elements can be scaled down proportionally to elegantly match on both men's and women's rings.

If the couple purchased the ring together using joint funds, the ring should be returned or sold and the money split proportionally based on the original collaboration of funds.

If, on the other hand, small pearls are accenting a larger diamond, the ring must likewise be proportionally balanced.

Other options include scaling the ring down proportionally to a more manageable size and price by option for a smaller center stone with fewer accents, though the overall design would still be reminiscent of the celebrity-inspired original.

Start by adding three drops of Dawn to a cup of warm water, increasing quantities proportionally as needed based on the size of the stain.

This was actually a long knife, but was proportionally 'sword-length' for a hobbit.

On reviewing the progress of ornithology since the end of the 18th century, the first thing that will strike us is the fact that general works, though still undertaken, have become proportionally fewer, while special works, whether relating to the ornithic portion of the fauna of any particular country, or limited to certain groups of birds - works to which the name of " Monograph " has become wholly restricted - have become far more numerous.

Both the last had proportionally long and slender legs.

As the ingot is reduced in section, it is of course lengthened proportionally.

A proportionally large importation of timber is caused by the scarcity of native timber suitable for building purposes, the plantations of firs and pines being insufficient to produce the quantity required, and the quality of the wood being inferior beyond the age of about forty years.

On the other hand, her trade in timber and sugar has grown proportionally.

Nevertheless Kansas furnished proportionally a very large quota of men to the Union armies.

Size-adjusted rings are proportionally scaled down for a better fit (and smaller budget).