# \propto

The ∝ symbol (Proportional to, U+221D), written as \propto in LaTeX math mode.

https://texform.dev/latex/symbols/propto

## Metadata

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Topic | [Relations](https://texform.dev/latex/topics/relations) |
| Packages | base |
| Allowed mode | math |
| Glyph | ∝ |
| Unicode | U+221D PROPORTIONAL TO |
| Delimiter | No |

## Syntax

```latex
\propto
```

Takes no arguments.

## Usage frequency

0.37% of formulas in the measured corpus contain this entry, rank 90 of 474 entries with frequency data.

## In TeXForm

TeXForm parses this entry as a character leaf mapped to U+221D (PROPORTIONAL TO).