Sentence examples for were proportional from inspiring English sources
adjective
At a constant ratio (to). Two magnitudes (numbers) are said to be proportional if the second varies in a direct relation arithmetically to the first.
The experimenters found two time values that were proportional to the length of the carbon chain.
Looking at the state as a whole, the newspaper concluded that blacks and Hispanics received tickets at rates that actually were proportional to their driving-age populations.
GCHQ declined to comment on any of its specific programs, but stressed all of its activities were proportional and complied with UK law.
The principle, as Dr. Cuomo pointed out, was that "all parts of a catapult, including the weight or length of the projectile, were proportional to the size of the torsion springs".
But the three men on trial claim the belt was used because Orchard was threatening to bite them and insist their actions were proportional, legal and in line with their training.
Measured changes in oxygen concentration were proportional to changes in 2-PE concentration.
The changes in the affected gut sections were proportional to the number of worms present.
Denitrification rates and effluent residual dissolved organic carbon were proportional to the C/N ratio.
The increases were proportional to exposed litter surface area per g dry mass.
The currents of Cd and Pb were proportional to the concentration of AFP and CEA, respectively.
The catalytic currents were proportional to the concentration of NADH over the range 0.01-0.80 mM.
