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proportional
'proportional' - used as an adjective
1. properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by 'to'
the punishment ought to be proportional to the crime
2. (of taxes) increasing as the amount taxed increases
3. having a constant ratio

'proportional' - used as a noun
4. one of the quantities in a mathematical proportion
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