What is the meaning of the word "proportion"?

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  1. harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole, as in a design copy to clipboard noun
    • This chair has great proportions. copy to clipboard
  2. magnitude or extent copy to clipboard noun
    • a building of vast proportions copy to clipboard
  3. the relation between things (or parts of things) with respect to their comparative quantity, magnitude, or degree copy to clipboard noun
    • an inordinate proportion of the book is given over to quotations copy to clipboard

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