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  2. Proportion (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    A proportion is a mathematical statement expressing equality of two ratios. [1] [2]: =: a and d are called extremes, b and c are called means. Proportion can be ...

  3. Law of definite proportions - Wikipedia

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    The law of definite proportion was given by Joseph Proust in 1797. [2]I shall conclude by deducing from these experiments the principle I have established at the commencement of this memoir, viz. that iron like many other metals is subject to the law of nature which presides at every true combination, that is to say, that it unites with two constant proportions of oxygen.

  4. Proportionality (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    This meaning of variable is not the common meaning of the term in mathematics (see variable (mathematics)); these two different concepts share the same name for historical reasons. Two functions f ( x ) {\displaystyle f(x)} and g ( x ) {\displaystyle g(x)} are proportional if their ratio f ( x ) g ( x ) {\textstyle {\frac {f(x)}{g(x)}}} is a ...

  5. Proportionality - Wikipedia

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    Proportion (architecture), describes the relationships between elements of a design Body proportions , in art, the study of relation of human body parts to each other and the whole See also

  6. Law of multiple proportions - Wikipedia

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    The first known writer to refer to this principle as the "doctrine of multiple proportions" was Jöns Jacob Berzelius in 1813. [12] Dalton's atomic theory garnered widespread interest but not universal acceptance shortly after he published it because the law of multiple proportions by itself was not complete proof of the existence of atoms.

  7. Stoichiometry - Wikipedia

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    Stoichiometry rests upon the very basic laws that help to understand it better, i.e., law of conservation of mass, the law of definite proportions (i.e., the law of constant composition), the law of multiple proportions and the law of reciprocal proportions. In general, chemical reactions combine in definite ratios of chemicals.

  8. Ratio - Wikipedia

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    This definition has affinities with Dedekind cuts as, with n and q both positive, np stands to mq as ⁠ p / q ⁠ stands to the rational number ⁠ m / n ⁠ (dividing both terms by nq). [22] Definition 6 says that quantities that have the same ratio are proportional or in proportion. Euclid uses the Greek ἀναλόγον (analogon), this ...

  9. Proportional reasoning - Wikipedia

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    In Piaget's model of intellectual development, the fourth and final stage is the formal operational stage.In the classic book "The Growth of Logical Thinking from Childhood to Adolescence" by Jean Piaget and Bärbel Inhelder formal operational reasoning takes many forms, including propositional reasoning, deductive logic, separation and control of variables, combinatorial reasoning, and ...