continued proportion

American  

noun

Mathematics.

1. an ordered set of numbers such that the ratio between any two successive terms is the same, as 1:3:9:27:81.

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Etymology

Origin of continued proportion

First recorded in 1790–1800

Example Sentences

Continued efforts to eliminate the twelve-hour day, seven-day week.

From Time Magazine Archive

Continued efforts are also needed to remove many domestic disincentives, which now hamper U.S. export growth.

From State of the Union Address by Carter, Jimmy

Continued efforts to enforce the monopoly.—The king continued to make efforts to enforce the monopoly.

From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene

Continued efforts would be made to secure situations according to the adaptation of the girls, to restore wanderers to their homes, and otherwise provide for all.

From In Darkest England and the Way Out by Booth, William

Continued efforts to obtain fast sailing by use of the double hull produced a number of sailing catamarans; of these the Herreshoff catamarans of the 1870’s showed high speed when reaching in a fresh breeze.

From Fulton's "Steam Battery": Blockship and Catamaran by Chapelle, Howard I. (Howard Irving)