Collocations for proportional - adj.
ADVERB
approximately,
roughly
The amount of food a child needs is roughly proportional to her size.
The amount of food a child needs is roughly proportional to her size.
directly
The speed of the glider is directly proportional to the speed of the wind.
The speed of the glider is directly proportional to the speed of the wind.
inversely
The amount of force needed is inversely proportional to the rigidity of the material.
The amount of force needed is inversely proportional to the rigidity of the material.
Proportional is used with these nouns:
increase, representation
increase, representation