Term: factor of proportionality: the constant value of the ratio of two proportional quantities x and y; usually written y = kx, where k is the factor of proportionality
Broader: constant: a number representing a quantity assumed to have a fixed value in a specified mathematical context | Unrelated: erosion: a gradual decline of something
Broader: constant: a number representing a quantity assumed to have a fixed value in a specified mathematical context | Unrelated: adonis: (Greek mythology) a handsome youth loved by both Aphrodite and Persephone
Broader: constant: a number representing a quantity assumed to have a fixed value in a specified mathematical context | Unrelated: saury: slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters
Broader: constant: a number representing a quantity assumed to have a fixed value in a specified mathematical context | Unrelated: bog star: plant having ovate leaves in a basal rosette and white starlike flowers netted with green
Broader: constant: a number representing a quantity assumed to have a fixed value in a specified mathematical context | Unrelated: steep: a steep place (as on a hill)
Broader: constant: a number representing a quantity assumed to have a fixed value in a specified mathematical context | Unrelated: scrub: dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes
Broader: constant: a number representing a quantity assumed to have a fixed value in a specified mathematical context | Unrelated: glade mallow: tall coarse American herb having palmate leaves and numerous small white dioecious flowers; found wild in most alluvial soils of eastern and central United States
Broader: constant: a number representing a quantity assumed to have a fixed value in a specified mathematical context | Unrelated: grazing: the act of brushing against while passing
Broader: constant: a number representing a quantity assumed to have a fixed value in a specified mathematical context | Unrelated: pizzicato: a note or passage that is played pizzicato
Broader: constant: a number representing a quantity assumed to have a fixed value in a specified mathematical context | Unrelated: large crabgrass: a European forage grass grown for hay; a naturalized weed in United States