proportionality

  1. Noun.  (uncountable) the property of being proportional.
  2. Noun.  (uncountable) the principle that government action ought to be proportional to the ends achieved (e.g. the military should not be deployed to stop petty vandalism).
  3. Noun.  (countable) the degree to which something is in proportion.

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