In uk.radio.amateur Brian Reay wrote:

Because the would be stated as:

C is INVERSELY proportional to d

An other example, from the RF field, is the 'inverse square law'. If your
interpretation were correct it would be the "square law".

Not at all. As you (correctly) say, the name in the 'inverse square law'.
It too is a proportional ratio - in that case P in proportional to 1/(d^2).

N'est pas?

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