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proportional

Adjective B2 – Upper-Intermediate

Matching in size or amount to something else, so that as one changes the other changes at the same rate.

"Her salary increase was proportional to how many years she'd worked there."

"Proportional representation" is a specific political term describing an electoral system.

Synonyms

proportionate