About The Word Equate
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Equate
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What's The Definition Of Equate?
[v] make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching; "let's equalize the duties among all employees in this office"; "The company matched the discount policy of its competitors"
[v] consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous; "We can compare the Han dynasty to the Romans"; "You cannot equate success in financial matters with greed" [v] be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics Synonyms | Synonyms for Equate: compare | correspond | equal | equalise | equalize | liken | match Related Terms | Find terms related to Equate: accommodate | adjust | align | ally | apply | assimilate | associate | balance | bind | bracket | cancel | collimate | collineate | compare | compensate | connect | consider | coordinate | correlate | correspond | counterbalance | counterpoise | countervail | couple | draw a parallel | equalize | equidistance | even | even up | fit | follow | hold | identify | integrate | interrelate | level | liken | line up | link | match | paragon | parallel | parallelize | place parallel to | poise | proportion | realign | regard | relate | relativize | represent | similize | square | strike a balance | tie | treat | wed See Also | alter | be | change | consider | draw | equal | homogenise | homogenize | homologise | homologize | study | tie Equate In Webster's Dictionary \E*quate"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Equated}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Equating}.] [L. aequatus, p. p. of aequare to make level
or equal, fr. aequus level, equal. See {Equal}.]
To make equal; to reduce to an average; to make such an
allowance or correction in as will reduce to a common
standard of comparison; to reduce to mean time or motion; as,
to equate payments; to equate lines of railroad for grades or
curves; equated distances.
Palgrave gives both scrolle and scrowe and equates both
to F[rench] rolle. --Skeat
(Etymol. Dict.
).
{Equating for grades} (Railroad Engin.), adding to the
measured distance one mile for each twenty feet of ascent.
{Equating for curves}, adding half a mile for each 360
degrees of curvature.
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