constant of proportionality

1. 1.

   the constant value of the ratio of two proportional quantities x and y; usually written y = kx, where k is the factor of proportionality

   Synonymsfactor of proportionality

   Broaderfactorconstant

   NarrowerPlanck's constant

Questions about constant of proportionality

What does constant of proportionality mean?

constant of proportionality means "the constant value of the ratio of two proportional quantities x and y; usually written y = kx, where k is the factor of proportionality".

What is another word for constant of proportionality?

Close synonyms include factor of proportionality. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is constant of proportionality a common word?

constant of proportionality is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.