Proportionality, proportion or proportional may refer to:

Mathematics

  • Proportionality (mathematics), the property of two variables being in a multiplicative relation to a constant
  • Ratio, of one quantity to another, especially of a part compared to a whole
  • Fraction (mathematics)
  • Aspect ratio or proportions
  • Proportional division, a kind of fair division
  • Percentage, a number or ratio expressed as a fraction of 100

Science and art

  • Proportional fonts
  • Proportionally fair, a scheduling algorithm
  • Proportional control, a type of linear feedback control system

Other uses

  • Proportionality (law), a legal principle
  • Proportionality (International Humanitarian Law), a law of war
  • Proportion (architecture), describes the relationships between elements of a design
  • Body proportions, in art, the study of relation of human body parts to each other and the whole

See also

  • Proportional representation, in electoral systems
  • Proporz, Austrian political practice