proportion
Synonyms:
(noun) arrangement, balance, coherence, comparison, concinnity, consonance, consonancy, distribution, harmony, orchestration, share, symmetry, symphony, unity.
(verb) arrange, balance, harmonize, regulate.
Related Words:
(noun) breadth, bulk, capacity, cut, degree, dimension, distribution, division, equation, extent, fraction, magnitude, percentage, portion, rate, ratio, scale, scope, volume.
Antonyms:
(noun) asymmetry, discordance, disproportion, disunity, imbalance, incoherence, violence.
Synonym Study (Dictionary.com):
Symmetry, balance, proportion, harmony are terms used, particularly in the arts, to denote qualities based upon a correspondence or agreement, usually pleasing, among the parts of a whole.
Symmetry implies either a quantitative equality of parts ( the perfect symmetry of pairs of matched columns ) or a unified system of subordinate parts:
the symmetry of a well-ordered musical composition.
Balance implies equality of parts, often as a means of emphasis:
Balance in sentences may emphasize the contrast in ideas.
Proportion depends less upon equality of parts than upon that agreement among them that is determined by their relation to a whole:
The dimensions of the room gave a feeling of right proportion.
Harmony, a technical term in music, may also suggest the pleasing quality that arises from a just ordering of parts in other forms of artistic composition:
harmony of line, color, mass, phrase, ideas.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English proporcio(u)n < Latin prōportiōn- (stem of prōportiō) symmetry, analogy. See pro-1, portion. C14: from Latin prōportiō (a translation of Greek analogia), from phrase prō portione, literally: for (its, his, one's) portion. —Dictionary.com. // First Known Use of proportion: Noun: 14th century. Verb: 14th century. History and Etymology for proportion: Noun: Middle English proporcion, from Anglo-French, from Latin proportion-, proportio, from pro for + portion-, portio portion — more at for. —Merriam-Webster.
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Added: 3 July 2020 {4:14 PM}
(noun) arrangement, balance, coherence, comparison, concinnity, consonance, consonancy, distribution, harmony, orchestration, share, symmetry, symphony, unity.
(verb) arrange, balance, harmonize, regulate.
Related Words:
(noun) breadth, bulk, capacity, cut, degree, dimension, distribution, division, equation, extent, fraction, magnitude, percentage, portion, rate, ratio, scale, scope, volume.
Antonyms:
(noun) asymmetry, discordance, disproportion, disunity, imbalance, incoherence, violence.
Synonym Study (Dictionary.com):
Symmetry, balance, proportion, harmony are terms used, particularly in the arts, to denote qualities based upon a correspondence or agreement, usually pleasing, among the parts of a whole.
Symmetry implies either a quantitative equality of parts ( the perfect symmetry of pairs of matched columns ) or a unified system of subordinate parts:
the symmetry of a well-ordered musical composition.
Balance implies equality of parts, often as a means of emphasis:
Balance in sentences may emphasize the contrast in ideas.
Proportion depends less upon equality of parts than upon that agreement among them that is determined by their relation to a whole:
The dimensions of the room gave a feeling of right proportion.
Harmony, a technical term in music, may also suggest the pleasing quality that arises from a just ordering of parts in other forms of artistic composition:
harmony of line, color, mass, phrase, ideas.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English proporcio(u)n < Latin prōportiōn- (stem of prōportiō) symmetry, analogy. See pro-1, portion. C14: from Latin prōportiō (a translation of Greek analogia), from phrase prō portione, literally: for (its, his, one's) portion. —Dictionary.com. // First Known Use of proportion: Noun: 14th century. Verb: 14th century. History and Etymology for proportion: Noun: Middle English proporcion, from Anglo-French, from Latin proportion-, proportio, from pro for + portion-, portio portion — more at for. —Merriam-Webster.
Sources: 1, 2.
Added: 3 July 2020 {4:14 PM}