Proporción in english
pronunciation: prəpɔrʃən part of speech: noun
proporción = multiplication ratio ; percentage ; proportion ; ratio ; share ; split.
Example: Would you have some ideas as to what the multiplication ratio of bibliographic records affected by those transactions was against the authority file?.Example: But those institutions, and I am referring particularly to public libraries, serve a very large percentage of the nation's library users.Example: Perfect recall can only be achieved by a drop in the proportion of relevant documents considered.Example: The microfiche is a common form for catalogues and indexes, usually 208 or 270 frames per fiche, in a piece of film and with a reduction ratio of 42 or 48:1.Example: The clicker paid each man according to what he had set, keeping for himself a share equal to that of the most productive hand.Example: For instance, a public library service might be said to have a 40:60 split in the provision of information and/or cultural materials, while an industrial library will be wholly information-based.more:
» alcanzar proporciones alarmantes = reach + alarming proportions .
Example: Trafficking in children in Southeast Asia for prostitution & pornography has reached alarming proportions.» alcanzar proporciones catastróficas = reach + catastrophic proportions .
Example: The rate of coastal land loss in Louisiana has reached catastrophic proportions.» alcanzar proporciones de crisis = grow to + crisis proportions .
Example: When advance thought and analysis are routine, problems are less likely to grow to crisis proportions.» alcanzar proporciones desmesuradas = reach + epic proportions .
Example: The environmental waste problem is now reaching epic proportions.» alcanzar proporciones épicas = reach + epic proportions .
Example: The environmental waste problem is now reaching epic proportions.» alcanzar proporciones epidémicas = reach + epidemic proportions .
Example: Within the past few decades a deadly disease of coconut palms has appeared and reached epidemic proportions.» alcanzar proporciones exageradas = reach + epic proportions .
Example: The environmental waste problem is now reaching epic proportions.» alcanzar proporciones mundiales = reach + global proportions .
Example: Over the past decade concern over the destruction of the world's coastal rainforests has reached global proportions.» crisis de enormes proporciones = situation of crisis proportions .
Example: There are a number of factors prevalent in mainly urbanized society which together have produced a situation of crisis proportions.» de proporciones catastróficas = of catastrophic proportions .
Example: India seems to be hurtling towards a medical crisis of catastrophic proportions but this can be avoided with major lifestyle modifications.» de proporciones históricas = larger-than-life .
Example: Significant political events often summon forth larger-than-life figures and the inevitable clash of titans.» de proporciones mundiales = of global proportions .
Example: Armed violence -- the use of arms to inflict death or injury -- is an epidemic of global proportions.» en proporción a = proportionate to ; in proportion to .
Example: Rewards proportionate to readership rather than sales may provide a little extra income for authors. Example: Each member state is allocated a fixed quota in proportion to the seriousness of its regional problems.» la proporción mayor de = the lion's share of .
Example: Men still take the lion's share of IT management salaries.» no guardar proporción con = be (far) out of proportion to .
Example: As for hell, it's far out of proportion to any sin we might have committed and makes a travesty of God.» proporción del 50 por ciento = 50-50 split .
Example: Alimony and child support is entirely up to the discretion of the judge and is nowhere near an equitable 50-50 split as mandated by community property laws.» proporción del 50 por ciento entre hombres y mujeres = 50-50 gender split .
Example: The leader of the the Labor Party thinks membership is too blokey and has started a recruitment drive to attain a 50-50 gender split among the rank and file.» proporción de pantalla = aspect ratio .
Example: All of the games designed for a screen that has a standard aspect ratio seem to be ruined when played on a widescreen.» proporción dimensional = aspect ratio .
Example: All of the games designed for a screen that has a standard aspect ratio seem to be ruined when played on a widescreen.» proporciones astronómicas = astronomical proportions .
Example: This is a possibility rarely, if ever, adopted because the total number of permutations of even a few coordinated terms soon reaches astronomical proportions.» proporción hombres-mujeres = sex ratio .
Example: This article reports on a study of the basic parameters such as, sex ratio, academic background, age group, and locality of origin of the LIS education students at Manipur University.» sentido de la proporción = sense of proportion .
Example: In 1912 a group of women library students were accused of lacking a sense of proportion, being peevish and being absorbed in small details.» tarea de enormes proporciones = daunting task .
Example: With so many styles and options available on baby cribs today, purchasing the perfect baby crib can be a daunting task.» una gran proporción de = a large proportion of .
Example: The growth of the Internet in China from the mid 1990s onwards has been accompanied by the assumption that a large proportion of Chinese Internet users are interested in politically subversive action.