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inversely proportional

in·verse·ly pro·por·tion·al


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. opposite: opposite in size, degree, or rate of development

2. changing oppositely by same factor: involving a mathematical relationship in which an increase in one variable by a given factor brings about a decrease by the same factor in another

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