riterite
1. (verb) to be like, alike, equal to, ready.
E ai ki te kōrero, riterite tonu tana pūkenga ki tō Āpirana, ā, he tino tohunga anō hoki ia mō ngā tuhituhinga i te reo Māori (TTR 1998:57). / According to accounts, his competency was equal to that of Āpirana and he was an eminent authority on Māori literature.
Synonyms: takatū, whiwhita, atamai, reri, pai, ānō, pīrangi, rata, rite, tairite, ānō nei, enanga, kei, matareka, manako, me, ōrite
2. (verb) to be continual, regularly, always, all the time, continually, constantly - usually followed by tonu.
Riterite tonu tana tae ake me tana whānau ki ngā rā karakia o ia marama o te Hāhi Ringatū ka tū nei ki Tākipū marae (TTR 2000:190). / With her family she regularly attended Ringatū services held monthly at Tākipū marae.
Synonyms: ai, ka mutu tonu te/tā ...
pānga riterite
1. (noun) proportion.
I te tinana tūturu, kei te takiwā o te hauwaru te rahi o te upoko i te rahi o te tinana. He rerekē te pānga riterite o te poupou e whakaaturia nei. He neke atu i te hautoru te rahi o te upoko i te rahi o te katoa o te tinana (RTA 2014:126). / With a real body, the size of the head is in the vicinity of an eighth of the size of the body. The proportions of the carved post shown here are different. The size of the head is more than a third of the size of the whole body.
2. (noun) proportional relationship (maths).
See also whakaaro pānga riterite
whakaaro pānga riterite
1. (noun) proportional reasoning (maths).
Ko te whakaaro pānga riterite te momo whakaaro ka hua mai i te pānga tāpiripiri, i te pānga whakarea rānei kei waenganui i ētahi rahinga e rua, ētahi taurangi e rua rānei (TRP 2010:319). / Proportional reasoning is the type of thinking that arises from seeing an additive or multiplicative relationship between two quantities or variables (TRP 2010:319).
