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Adjective: proportionate  pru'por-shu-nut
  1. Being in due proportion
    "proportionate representation of a minority group"
     
  2. Agreeing in amount, magnitude, or degree
     
  3. Exhibiting equivalence or correspondence among constituents of an entity or between different entities
    - harmonious, symmetrical

See also: balanced, commensurate, per capita, proportionable [archaic], proportional, proportionately, proportionateness, relative

Antonym: disproportionate

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