等比

děngbǐ

noun

Meanings

1 equal ratio
2 geometric (of a sequence or progression)
3 in proportion; to scale

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Examples

HSK 4

二、四、八、十六是一个等比数列。

Èr, sì, bā, shíliù shì yí ge děngbǐ shùliè.

Two, four, eight, sixteen is a geometric sequence.

HSK 5

把这张照片等比缩小到一半。

Bǎ zhè zhāng zhàopiàn děngbǐ suōxiǎo dào yíbàn.

Scale this photo down to half its size, keeping its proportions.

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usage

Usually met in 等比数列 'geometric sequence', where each term is the one before times a fixed ratio, the 公比. Its partner is 等差数列 'arithmetic sequence'. In design software 等比缩放 is scaling an image without stretching it.

Stroke Order

等 děng

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