Textual thesaurus for "proportion"

(noun) balance, proportionality

harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design)

in all perfectly beautiful objects there is found the opposition of one part to another and a reciprocal balance- John Ruskin

(noun) dimension

magnitude or extent

a building of vast proportions

(noun) ratio

the relation between things (or parts of things) with respect to their comparative quantity, magnitude, or degree

an inordinate proportion of the book is given over to quotations; a dry martini has a large proportion of gin

(noun) symmetry

balance among the parts of something