proportionise

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A form of proportionize — To ensure that everything is in proper proportion to form a harmonious or properly functioning whole.

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verbproportionise (third-person singular simple present proportionises, present participle proportionising, simple past and past participle proportionised)

present singular third person proportionises · participle present proportionising · participle past proportionised · past proportionised

  1. alternativeAlternative form of proportionize.

    By properly proportionising the sizes of the driving pulleys, the quantity of pitch delivered to the conveyor, e, can be varied as desired.

    1901, Herbert William Hughes, A Text-book of Coal-mining, page 507
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    It should not be a mere example of decorative art or just a proportionising of various parts but creation of a lively and realistic object in tune and in sympathy with the surroundings.

    1957, Bhagirath - Volume 4, page 83

    Other writers there are, that would haue him signifie Tyme, as that with his sythe he should measure and proportionise the length of Time, and therewith to decurtate and cut away all things contained therein.

    1973, Sōji Iwasaki, The Sword and the Word: Shakespeare's Tragic Sense of Time, page 15

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