adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
proportional representation
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
directly
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Again, the increase is not directly proportional to the blocking factor.
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Hence a current flows; the current is directly proportional to the PO2 in the sample. 25.
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The usefulness of most Web sites is directly proportional to the benefits it offers to the people who visit it.
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The voltage induced in the pickup coil by this waveform is directly proportional to the rate of change of magnetic induction.
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This luminescence is measured and is directly proportional to the number of trapped electrons, and thus to the total radiation dose.
inversely
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For these reasons, rates of reproduction are inversely proportional to personal wealth.
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Just this: Worker commitment is inversely proportional to the degree of management centralization.
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In fact the proportion spent on rent was inversely proportional to income.
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The rate at which solid state sintering occurs is approximately inversely proportional to the particle size involved.
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The amount we give is inversely proportional to the conspicuousness of the causes of his behavior.
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In this respect the incidence of neurosis seems inversely proportional to social disorder.
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The way any system works is inversely proportional to its security.
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The centripetal force is inversely proportional to the square of the distance from the centre.
■ NOUN
representation
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At the end of 1917 there was much parliamentary manoeuvring over proportional representation .
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A proportional representation system is to apply to future elections.
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Elections to a lower house of parliament would be by proportional representation and an upper house would be appointed by provincial governments.
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If he is interested, I back the concept of the restoration of the Stormont parliament with members elected by proportional representation .
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But it will be no more than second-best representation , and certainly not proportional representation.
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Swapo was alone in its opposition to proportional representation and a bi-cameral system.
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The elections were conducted on the basis of proportional representation .
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A lower house would be elected according to a system of proportional representation combining regional and national lists.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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The intensity of color is expected to be proportional to the amount of analyte.
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The theorem states that the posterior probability is proportional to the prior probability multiplied by the likelihood.
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The usefulness of most Web sites is directly proportional to the benefits it offers to the people who visit it.
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The weights are modified by an amount proportional to the first derivative of the error with respect to the weight.
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Treatment plant cost is proportional to the amount of flexibility incorporated into its design basis.