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equation
noun
1 equation
A mathematical statement that two expressions are equal.
Roget 30:
compensation,
equation;
commutation;
indemnification;
compromise;
etc.
774
neutralization,
nullification;
counteraction
etc.
179;
reaction;
measure for measure,
retaliation,
etc.
718
equalization;
etc.
27;
robbing Peter to pay Paul.
set-off,
offset;
make-weight,
casting-weight;
counterpoise,
ballast;
indemnity,
equivalent,
quid pro quo;
bribe,
hush money;
amends
etc.
(atonement)
952;
counterbalance,
counterclaim;
cross-debt,
cross-demand.
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Dutch: vergelijking
Polish: równanie
2 equation
A state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced.
synonyms: equality, equivalence, par.
Roget 27:
equality,
parity,
coextension†,
symmetry,
balance,
poise;
evenness,
monotony,
level.
equivalence;
equipollence†,
equipoise,
equilibrium,
equiponderance†;
par,
quits,
a wash;
not a pin to choose;
distinction without a difference,
six of one and half a dozen of the other;
tweedle dee and tweedle dum [Lat.];
identity
etc.
13;
similarity
etc.
17.
equalization,
equation;
equilibration,
co-ordination,
adjustment,
readjustment.
drawn game,
drawn battle;
neck and neck race;
tie,
draw,
standoff,
dead heat.
match,
peer,
compeer,
equal,
mate,
fellow,
brother;
equivalent.
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Dutch: gelijkwaardigheid, equivalent, gelijkheid
Polish: równouprawnienie
3 equation
The act of regarding as equal.
synonym: equating.
Moby thesaurus: accommodation, addend, adjustment, antilogarithm, argument, balance, base, binomial, characteristic, coefficient, coequality, coextension, combination, complement, congruence, constant, coordination, correspondence, cosine, cotangent, cube, decimal, denominator, derivative, determinant, difference, differential, discriminate, dividend, divisor, e, equality, equalization, equalizing, equating, equilibration, equilibrium, equipoise, equipollence, equiponderance, equity, equivalence, equivalency, evening, evening up, evenness, exponent, exponential, factor, formula, function, i, identity, increment, index, integral, integration, justice, levelness, likeness, matrix, minuend, multiple, multiplier, norm, numerator, par, parallelism, parameter, parity, permutation, pi, poise, polynomial, power, proportion, quaternion, quotient, radical, radix, reciprocal, remainder, root, secant, sine, submultiple, subtrahend, symmetry, tangent, tensor, variable, vector, versine ... show more.
equations
noun
Roget 85:
numeration;
numbering
etc.
v.;
pagination;
tale,
recension†,
enumeration,
summation,
reckoning,
computation,
supputation†;
calculation,
calculus;
algorithm,
algorism†,
rhabdology†,
dactylonomy†;
measurement
etc.
466;
statistics.
arithmetic,
analysis,
algebra,
geometry,
analytical geometry,
fluxions†;
differential calculus,
integral calculus,
infinitesimal calculus;
calculus of differences.
[Statistics]
dead reckoning,
muster,
poll,
census,
capitation,
roll call,
recapitulation;
account
etc.
(list)
86.
[Operations]
notation, ,
addition,
subtraction,
multiplication,
division,
rule of three,
practice,
equations,
extraction of roots,
reduction,
involution,
evolution,
estimation,
approximation,
interpolation,
differentiation,
integration.
[Instruments]
abacus,
logometer†,
slide rule,
slipstick [Coll.],
tallies,
Napier's bones,
calculating machine,
difference engine,
suan-pan†;
adding machine;
cash register;
electronic calculator,
calculator,
computer;
[people who calculate]
arithmetician,
calculator,
abacist†,
algebraist,
mathematician;
statistician,
geometer;
programmer;
accountant,
auditor.
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