One of the answers was edited to “portion”, which is the same idea, I think eith...

mannykannot · on Sept 4, 2020

In general usage, 'proportion' is not limited to the unit interval [1][2]. Offhand, however, I cannot think of a use of 'portion' that does not refer to part of a whole [3]. I think this is the best suggestion so far.

[1] https://www.dictionary.com/browse/proportion

[2]https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/proportion (3rd. entry)

[3] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/portion

pbhjpbhj · on Sept 4, 2020

This is weird, someone in the OP thread said what you have.

A portion of fries can be 80 individuals, the proportion of all fries in the fryer might be 0.1; proportions are often expressed in percentages.

So "the proportion of the population using my tool is 1%" means 1/100, ie 0.01 of a population normalised to unity.

Pro-portion is like pro-rated, it's taken as in comparison to the whole (normalised to the whole, if you like).

"What proportion did you contribute" == what share of the whole did you contribute.

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