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Examples of inversely proportional in a Sentence
The study indicates that the unemployment rate and inflation are inversely proportional.
Recent Examples on the Web
Moreover, this universe features a refractive index — a measurement of how light rays bend — that is inversely proportional to the temperature.
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Quanta Magazine, 30 July 2024
Each electron wave has a momentum that is inversely proportional to its wavelength and a kinetic energy proportional to the square of its momentum.
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Douglas Natelson, Scientific American, 19 Mar. 2024
Her singular dedication to playing Kitty to her fullest extent, bottle smashing and all, is inversely proportional to how much range there is to play.
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Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2024
Your chances of having such an effect are inversely proportional to how much the issue matters at that moment.
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Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1723, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of inversely proportional was
in 1723
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Cite this Entry
“Inversely proportional.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inversely%20proportional. Accessed 18 Aug. 2024.
Kids Definition
inversely proportional
adjective
: related by inverse variation compare directly proportional
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