Mass and Proportion

Mass

Mass noun - A considerable amount.

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Proportion and mass are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Proportion" instead a noun "Mass".

Nearby Words: massed, massing, massive

Proportion noun - The total amount of measurable space or surface occupied by something.

Usage example: the exact proportions of the room were critical

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Mass and proportion are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Mass" instead a noun "Proportion".

high	high mass	high proportion
low	low mass	low proportion
equal	equal mass	equal proportion
similar	similar mass	similar proportion
Other adjectives: complete, small, actual, real, large, great, enormous, huge, tiny, significant, vast, greater, larger, smaller, higher.

Later, so many people complained, that they re-tested the trope, with a test target that was nigh identical to a human in mass and proportion and had a natural center of gravity.

Source: Blown Across the Room
The mass of the object changes in proportion to the size change (well, to be pedantic, in proportion to the cube of the size change).

Source: Shrink Ray
It's more sensible to assume that the mass for a starship a mile across was wildly out of proportion to what it should be for a vessel that size.

Source: Readings Are Off the Scale

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