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Math.an ordered set of numbers such that the ratio between any two successive terms is the same, as 1:3:9:27:81.[1790-1800]
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Continued proportion — Proportion Pro*por tion, n. [F., fr. L. proportio; pro before + portio part or share. See {Portion}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The relation or adaptation of one portion to another, or to the whole, as respect magnitude, quantity, or degree; comparative… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Continued proportion — Continued Con*tin ued, p. p. & a. Having extension of time, space, order of events, exertion of energy, etc.; extended; protracted; uninterrupted; also, resumed after interruption; extending through a succession of issues, session, etc.; as, a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
continued proportion — n. GEOMETRIC PROGRESSION … English World dictionary
continued proportion — noun mathematics : a proportion in which the consequent of each ratio is the antecedent of the next (as 4:8.8:16.16:32) * * * Math. an ordered set of numbers such that the ratio between any two successive terms is the same, as 1:3:9:27:81. [1790… … Useful english dictionary
Proportion — Pro*por tion, n. [F., fr. L. proportio; pro before + portio part or share. See {Portion}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The relation or adaptation of one portion to another, or to the whole, as respect magnitude, quantity, or degree; comparative relation;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Continued — Con*tin ued, p. p. & a. Having extension of time, space, order of events, exertion of energy, etc.; extended; protracted; uninterrupted; also, resumed after interruption; extending through a succession of issues, session, etc.; as, a continued… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Continued bass — Continued Con*tin ued, p. p. & a. Having extension of time, space, order of events, exertion of energy, etc.; extended; protracted; uninterrupted; also, resumed after interruption; extending through a succession of issues, session, etc.; as, a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Continued fever — Continued Con*tin ued, p. p. & a. Having extension of time, space, order of events, exertion of energy, etc.; extended; protracted; uninterrupted; also, resumed after interruption; extending through a succession of issues, session, etc.; as, a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Continued fraction — Continued Con*tin ued, p. p. & a. Having extension of time, space, order of events, exertion of energy, etc.; extended; protracted; uninterrupted; also, resumed after interruption; extending through a succession of issues, session, etc.; as, a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
geometrical proportion — Proportion Pro*por tion, n. [F., fr. L. proportio; pro before + portio part or share. See {Portion}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The relation or adaptation of one portion to another, or to the whole, as respect magnitude, quantity, or degree; comparative… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
