| 单词 | inordinate proportion |
| 释义 | > as lemmasinordinate proportion a. inordinate proportion, a ‘proportion’ or statement of equality of ratios in which the terms are not in regular order. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > ratio or proportion > [noun] > equal or constant > terms in regular or irregular order inordinate proportion1570 1570 H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. v. f. 135v An inordinate proportionality is, when as the antecedent is to the consequent, so is the antecedent to the consequent: and as the consequent is to an other, so is an other to the antecedent. 1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict. Inordinate proportion, that in which the order of the terms compared is irregular or disturbed. < as lemmas |
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