(せいひれい)

せいひれい
noun, suru verb
direct proportion
自動詞 intransitivescience
Conjugation
AffirmativeNegative
Present正比例(せいひれい)する正比例(せいひれい)しない
Present polite正比例(せいひれい)します正比例(せいひれい)しません
Past正比例(せいひれい)した正比例(せいひれい)しなかった
Past polite正比例(せいひれい)しました正比例(せいひれい)しませんでした
て form正比例(せいひれい)して正比例(せいひれい)しなくて
ている present正比例(せいひれい)している正比例(せいひれい)していない
ている polite正比例(せいひれい)しています正比例(せいひれい)していません
ている past正比例(せいひれい)していた正比例(せいひれい)していなかった
ている past polite正比例(せいひれい)していました正比例(せいひれい)していませんでした
Conditional ば正比例(せいひれい)すれば正比例(せいひれい)しなければ
Conditional たら正比例(せいひれい)したら正比例(せいひれい)しなかったら
Volitional正比例(せいひれい)しよう
Volitional polite正比例(せいひれい)しましょう
Potential正比例(せいひれい)できる正比例(せいひれい)できない
Passive正比例(せいひれい)される正比例(せいひれい)されない
Causative正比例(せいひれい)させる正比例(せいひれい)させない
Imperative正比例(せいひれい)しろ正比例(せいひれい)するな
1. direct proportion; proportional relationship
A mathematical relationship in which one quantity increases (or decreases) in the same ratio as another — if one doubles, the other doubles. Contrasted with 反比例(はんぴれい) (inverse proportion). Also used in everyday Japanese to describe any situation where two things rise and fall together.
正比例(せいひれい)関係(かんけい)
A relationship of direct proportion.
Effort and results are not always directly proportional.
The distance increases in direct proportion to the time.
The salary is directly proportional to the hours worked, so it increases by the amount of overtime.

Composed of (せい) (direct, positive, correct) and 比例(ひれい) (proportion). In mathematics, two quantities x and y are in 正比例(せいひれい) when y = kx for some constant k — as x increases, y increases by the same ratio.

Beyond math class, the word appears in everyday discussion of cause-and-effect relationships, especially when people want to say that one thing rises and falls with another.

Usage

  • As a noun: 正比例(せいひれい)関係(かんけい) (a directly proportional relationship)
  • As a suru-verb: AB正比例(せいひれい)する (A is directly proportional to B)
  • Often used with (the standard of comparison is marked by )

Common collocations

  • 正比例(せいひれい)する: to be directly proportional
  • 正比例(せいひれい)関係(かんけい): proportional relationship
  • A正比例(せいひれい)してB()える: B increases in direct proportion to A
  • 正比例(せいひれい)グラフ: a graph of direct proportion (a straight line through the origin)

Similar words

  • 反比例(はんぴれい): inverse proportion — the direct antonym; as one increases, the other decreases proportionally
  • 比例(ひれい): proportion (general) — often used when the direction (direct or inverse) is clear from context
  • 連動(れんどう): moving together, linked movement — less mathematical; describes things that change together without specifying a ratio