The two outer terms of a proportion are known as extremes. These are the limits of a range of possibilities.
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There cannot be a "proportion of something": proportion is a relationship between two things, and how you solve it depends on whether they (or their transformations) are in direct proportion or inverse proportion.
An equation that states that two ratios are equal is a proportion.