disproportion

disproportion

1. epäsuhta

Liittyvät sanat: proportion

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disproportion

erilaisuus, eriävyys, eroavuus, epäsuhtaisuus.

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Englannin sanakirja

disproportion englanniksi

1. The state of being out of proportion; an abnormal or improper ratio; an imbalance.

2. 1938, w:Xavier Herbert|Xavier Herbert, w:Capricornia (novel)|Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, 1943, Chapter XIII, p. 208, https://archive.org/details/capricornianovel00herb

(..) a handsome creature, remarkably so, with features so symmetrical (..) that a micrometer gauge could scarcely find a disproportion in her smooth and broad mahogany-coloured face.

the disproportion of the length of a building to its height

3. Lack of suitableness, adequacy, or due proportion to an end or use; unsuitableness.

the disproportion of strength or means to an object

4. puhekieltä To make unsuitable in quantity, form, or fitness; to violate symmetry in; to mismatch.

To shape my legs of an unequal size; / To disproportion me in every part. — Shakespeare.

A degree of strength altogether disproportioned to the extent of its territory. — Prescott.

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