All 4 Uses

proportion
in
Flowers for Algernon -- Novel
(Edited)

Your anger is all out of proportion to what's happened.
p. 122.5 *

out of proportion = appropriate range
Anxiety all out of proportion to the situation ….
p. 134.6

out of proportion = not appropriate
She was about thirty-five, slender and well proportioned.
p. 176.4

proportioned = in relative body dimensions
It is impossible to tell what proportion is memory and what exists here and now—so that a strange compound is formed of memory and reality; past and present; response to stimuli stored in my brain centers, and response to stimuli in this room.
p. 238.1 *

proportion = share or percentage

Definitions:

(1) (proportion as in: the proportion of females)
relative amount, quantity, or collection
The exact meaning of this sense of proportion is subject to its context. For example:
- "The female proportion is 50%." -- percentage or share
- "The proportion of oil to vinegar." -- ratio (quantity of something relative to the quantity of something else)
- "In the survey, the female proportion said..." -- group
(2) (proportion as in: a problem of large proportion)
size or dimension
(3) (proportion as in: respond in proportion)
appropriate in size, amount, or degree
(4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)