compound proportion

noun

A proportion between two quantities, each of which is the product of two or more, those of the first set being in their order proportional to those of the other.

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Meanings

nouncompound proportion (plural compound proportions)

plural compound proportions

  1. A proportion between two quantities, each of which is the product of two or more, those of the first set being in their order proportional to those of the other.
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