Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
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equant | noun | A circle around whose circumference a planet or the center of ann epicycle was conceived to move uniformly; — called also eccentric equator. |
equate | verb t. | 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. |
equery | noun | Same as Equerry. |
equine | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a horse. |
equity | noun | Equality of rights; natural justice or right; the giving, or desiring to give, to each man his due, according to reason, and the law of God to man; fairness in determination of conflicting claims; impartiality., An equitable claim; an equity of redemption; as, an equity to a settlement, or wife’s equity, etc., A system of jurisprudence, supplemental to law, properly so called, and complemental of it. |