Examples of inversely proportional in a Sentence
The study indicates that the unemployment rate and inflation are inversely proportional.
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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.
—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.
—Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2024
To be sure, the theory of lipstick sales and economic health being inversely proportional can be hard to break down in the broader beauty category.
—Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 5 Mar. 2024
The amount of gravitational attraction between two objects is proportional to the masses of those objects, and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.
—Paul M. Sutter, Discover Magazine, 5 Dec. 2023
The pressure that acts on the plates is inversely proportional to the fourth power of the distance between the plates.
—Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 26 July 2023
My anxiety around humans was inversely proportional to my comfort in the cage with the bonobos.
—Dan Musgrave, Longreads, 9 May 2023
Change in Latin/Hispanic representation has been inversely proportional to their change in the real-world population, with drops in inclusion in front of and behind the camera both in film and television.
—Rebecca Sun, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Apr. 2023
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.
—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.
—Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2024
To be sure, the theory of lipstick sales and economic health being inversely proportional can be hard to break down in the broader beauty category.
—Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 5 Mar. 2024
The amount of gravitational attraction between two objects is proportional to the masses of those objects, and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.
—Paul M. Sutter, Discover Magazine, 5 Dec. 2023
The pressure that acts on the plates is inversely proportional to the fourth power of the distance between the plates.
—Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 26 July 2023
My anxiety around humans was inversely proportional to my comfort in the cage with the bonobos.
—Dan Musgrave, Longreads, 9 May 2023
Change in Latin/Hispanic representation has been inversely proportional to their change in the real-world population, with drops in inclusion in front of and behind the camera both in film and television.
—Rebecca Sun, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Apr. 2023
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“Inversely proportional.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inversely%20proportional. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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