proportionality - the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the wholeproportional - one of the quantities in a mathematical proportion case-fatality proportion - the number of cases of a disease ending in death divided by the number of cases of the disease; usually expressed as a percentage or as the number of deaths per 1000 cases content - the proportion of a substance that is contained in a mixture or alloy etc. scale - the ratio between the size of something and a representation of it; "the scale of the map"; "the scale of the model" golden mean, golden section - the proportional relation between two divisions of line or two dimension of a plane figure such that short : long :: long : (short + long) batting average - (an extension of the baseball term) the proportion of times some effort succeeds; "the salesman's batting average was 7 out of 12" quotient - the ratio of two quantities to be divided |