proportional spacing

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a feature of some typewriters and other output devices whereby the space allotted to each character is determined by the width of the character

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Words nearby proportional spacing

proportional counter, proportional font, proportionality, proportional limit, proportional representation, proportional spacing, proportionate, proportioned, proportionment, proposal, propose

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How to use proportional spacing in a sentence

But the outage has raised the question of what that proportional response would look like, and whether it would be legal.
Cyberwar on North Korea Could Be Illegal|Shane Harris|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This is more important than it may seem because it only allows a two-week window where delegate contests have to be proportional.
With New Primary Rules, RNC Panel Will Aid the Establishment in 2016|Ben Jacobs|January 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Of course, like any investment, the risk is proportional to the reward.
Should Baby Boomers Invest in Bitcoin?|Sarah Kunst|January 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Benkler, a defense expert witness, testified, however, that Manning's leaks were proportional to the Information Age he lives in.
Questions Over Judge’s Rulings But Little Hope for Bradley Manning|Alexa O'Brien|July 31, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Israel possesses a vibrant, freely elected parliament emerging from a hyper-democratic proportional representation system.
Israel's Perpetual State Of Emergency|Mira Sucharov|April 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Spacing after punctuation standardized, inconsistent hyphenation and archaic spelling retained.
A Brief History of the U. S. S. Imperator, one of the two Largest Ships in the U. S. Navy.|Anonymous
This evaporation of the sea water is proportional to the temperature and to the dryness of the air where it rests upon the ocean.
Outlines of the Earth's History|Nathaniel Southgate Shaler
It may therefore be said that the need of money is proportional to the need for commercial transactions.
Social Comptabilism, Cheque and Clearing Service & Proposed Law|Ernest Solvay
A tree, in sending out equal boughs on opposite sides, is symmetrical; in sending out smaller boughs toward the top, proportional.
Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No 3, September 1863|Various
A single queen bee, distinguishable by the great length of her body, and the proportional shortness of her wings.
The Book of Curiosities|I. Platts