 Proportion, when the ratio is the same between every two adjacent terms, viz. when the first is to the second, as the second to the third, as the third to the fourth, as the fourth to the fifth, and so on, all in the same common ratio.  Elementary Course of Geometry ... - Page 51by Charles William Hackley - 1847 - 103 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Hugh Chisholm - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1910 - 1056 pages
...exemplified by father, mother and children. These three terms bear specific relations to one another; the first is to the second as the second to the third. Thus, in the great triad of the religious world — God, the Mediator, and Man — God is to the God-Man... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1910 - 1052 pages
...exemplified by father, mother and children. These three terms bear specific relations to one another; the first is to the second as the second to the third. Thus, in the great triad of the religious world — God, the Mediator, and Man — God is to the God-Man... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1910 - 1066 pages
...exemplified by father, mother and children. These three terms bear specific relations to one another; the first is to the second as the second to the third. Thus, in the great triad of the religious world — God, the Mediator, and Man — God is to the God-Man... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1910 - 1050 pages
...exemplified by father, mother and children. These three terms bear specific relations to one another; the first is to the second as the second to the third. Thus, in the great triad of the religious world — God, the Mediator, and Man — God is to the God-Man... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1864 - 566 pages
...intermediate,) is that which lies between two extremes, and by which they communicate. Thus mean ratin is when the first is to the second as the second to the third. Cleans, as a substantive, seems to be good old English. Thus the Catechism says: " a means whereby... | |
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