proportional reduction
collocation in Englishmeaningsofproportionalandreduction
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proportional
adjective
uk/prəˈpɔː.ʃən.əl/us/prəˈpɔːr.ʃən.əl/
If two amounts are proportional, they change at the same rate so that the relationship between them does ...
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reduction
noun
uk/rɪˈdʌk.ʃən/us/rɪˈdʌk.ʃən/
the act of making something, or of something becoming, smaller in size, amount, degree, ...
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(Definition ofproportionalandreductionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This showed a reduction in fish catch and a more thanproportionalreductionin employment.
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Aproportionalreductionin error measure, by which the amount of error in the prediction is reduced by the model.
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So yes, there is aproportionalreductionin the number of list members as well.
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That suggests that there has been an actual reduction, not simply aproportionalreduction.
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Thirdly, it would increase the public tax burden since noproportionalreductionin existing taxes can be anticipated.
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In these circumstances, the whole question of aproportionalreductionis literally meaningless.
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There is aproportionalreductionby one-half.
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However, we are not there yet, because rapid economic growth in the poorest countries has not gone hand in hand with aproportionalreductionin poverty.
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If the percentage remains 40%, this essentially will mean aproportionalreductionin the corresponding funding for biodiversity in comparison with the previous financial perspective and that is unacceptable.
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Where performance is partially impossible, the entire contract may be void; alternatively, depending on the circumstances, there may be aproportionalreductionin the counter-performance.
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The county saw the largestproportionalreductionbetween 2001 and 2002 in employment in the energy and water sector and there was also a significant reduction in the manufacturing sector.
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It represents theproportionalreductionin the deviance wherein the deviance is treated as a measure of variation analogous but not identical to the variance in linear regression analysis.
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Indeed, there are areas where we could not even accept proportional reductions without jeopardising our security.
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