Definitions of proportion:

  • noun:   harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design)
  • noun:   magnitude or extent
    Example: "A building of vast proportions"
  • noun:   the quotient obtained when the magnitude of a part is divided by the magnitude of the whole
  • noun:   balance among the parts of something
  • verb:   give pleasant proportions to
  • verb:   adjust in size relative to other things