different between proportional vs sampu

English

Adjective

proportional (comparative more proportional, superlative most proportional)

1. (mathematics) At a constant ratio (to). Two magnitudes (numbers) are said to be proportional if the second varies in a direct relation arithmetically to the first. Symbol: ?.
2. (chiefly US) In proportion (to), proportionate.
3. Of a typeface, having characters with natural (non-uniform) width (in contrast to monospace typefaces).

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Translations

Noun

proportional (plural proportionals)

1. (mathematics, geometry, archaic) A proportion.
   • 1828, William Thomas Brande, Tables in Illustration of the Theory of Definite Proportionals (page xiii)

     It is almost superfluous to remark that the numbers attached to the elements of compounds are those of the proportionals in which they combine […]

German

Etymology

Proportion +? -al

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?op??t?si?o?na?l/

Adjective

proportional (comparative proportionaler, superlative am proportionalsten)

1. proportional

Declension

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• (colloquial) sampo
• (obsolete) sampouo

Etymology

From sampúwo (attested as sampouo), from older sampúlo, from isa +? -ng(a) + púlo, ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *sa-?a-puluq (“ten”). Cognate with Indonesian sepuluh (“ten”), Ilocano sangapulo (“ten”), Bikol Central sampulo (“ten”), Bima sampuru (“ten”), and Hawaiian anahulu (“period of ten days”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sam.?pu?/
• Hyphenation: sam?pu

Numeral

sampû

1. ten

   Synonyms: diyes, labing-

Usage notes

• To describe the quantity of something, the number is placed before the noun and affixed with a -ng when the word ends with a vowel or an "n", and a separate word na for other consonants.

  Isang saging, dalawang pinya

  Apat na mansanas, anim na mangga

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