Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DIS-PRO-POR'TION
DIS-PROP'ER-TYDIS-PRO-POR'TION
DIS-PRO-POR'TION, n. [dis and proportion.]
- Want of proportion of one thing to another, or between the parts of a thing; want of symmetry. We speak of the disproportion of a man's arms to his body; of the disproportion of the length of an edifice to its highth.
- Want of proper quantity, according to rules prescribed; as, the disproportion of the ingredients in a compound.
- Want of suitableness or adequacy; disparity; inequality; unsuitableness; as, the disproportion of strength or means to an object.
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