disproportion
noun[U]
formaluk/ˌdɪs.prəˈpɔː.ʃən/us/ˌdɪs.prəˈpɔːr.ʃən/thefactof being toolargeor toosmallinrelationto somethingelse:
不成比例，不相称The disproportionbetweenthenumberofvotesand thenumberofseatsisapparent.票数与议席数之间的不成比例是显而易见的。
There is aterribledisproportioninspendingbetweenresearchintodementiaandresearchinto otherareas.痴呆症研究开支与其他领域研究的支出严重不成比例。
See
disproportionate
- One of the moststrikingfeaturesof thediseasescurvyis the disproportion betweenitsseverityand thesimplicityof thecure.
- The disproportion inbodylengthrelativetoheadsizeisthoughttoresultfrom under-nutrition in lategestation.
- TheSciencesreceived87.3% ofresearchgrantsand theArts5.2%, astaggeringdisproportion.
Numerical relationships
- absolute maximum
- absolute minimum
- arithmetic progression
- cardinality
- decreasing
- differential
- disproportionate
- intersect
- inverse function
- inverse proportion
- linear
- linearly
- monotonic
- percent
- percentage
- prorated
- quantile
- ratio
- recursion
- trinomial