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Did you mean you say directly/inversely "proportioned" rather than "correlated"?

(English is not my first language).

No, it's correct as written. "Proportional" is a very strong statement. It means that one variable is a linear function of another, i.e. y = kx. "The power dissipated in a wire is proportional to the current through the wire".

"Correlation" can mean almost any kind of relationship where a change in one variable follows a change in another. "Smoking is correlated with lung cancer".

And "proportioned" (as opposed to "proportional") is not about a mathematical relationship at all, but about the proportions of somebody or something, as in the shape: a perfectly-proportioned body, a badly-proportioned room, a generously-proportioned seat; an accompanying adverb is usually (always?) required.

Aww, I originally meant to write "proportional" instead of "proportioned". My bad.

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