Proportional To
∝
Type it
| Unicode | U+221D | |
|---|---|---|
| LaTeX | \propto | |
| HTML entity | ∝ | |
| Character | ∝ |
Meaning
States that one quantity is a constant multiple of another, so that doubling one doubles the other. Compare with Equals and Approximately Equal.
How to read it
y ∝ x
is read “y is proportional to x”.