Definition of Equates. Meaning of Equates. Synonyms of Equates

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Definition of Equates

Equate
Equate 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.

Meaning of Equates from wikipedia

- Equative may refer to: equative case, a grammatical case equative construction, a grammatical construction using an adjective or an adverb in the comparative...
- Look up equate in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Equate or equating may refer to: Equate, a brand name of Walmart Equate (game), board game manufactured...
- Test equating traditionally refers to the statistical process of determining comparable scores on different forms of an exam. It can be accomplished using...
- comparative of equality (also called "equative degree"). An equative construction equates a comparee with a standard in terms of a certain quality or...
- exchange rate for Angolan kwanzas to U.S. dollars in 2017 was 0.006057, which equates to $17.6 billion in U.S. dollars. Sonangol Group reported 2018 revenues...
- the sentence Susan is our president, equates two entities "Susan" and "our president". In English, equatives are typically expressed using a co****r...
- In mathematics, the method of equating the coefficients is a way of solving a functional equation of two expressions such as polynomials for a number of...
- equative case (abbreviated EQU) is a grammatical case prototypically expressing the standard of comparison of equal values ("as… as…"). The equative case...
- An equated monthly installment (EMI) is a fixed payment amount made by a borrower to a lender at a specified date each calendar month. Equated monthly...
- The Fresnel equations (or Fresnel coefficients) describe the reflection and transmission of light (or electromagnetic radiation in general) when incident...