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equate
has definitions from the field of mathematics
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[ verb ] consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous
Examples "We can compare the Han dynasty to the Romans" "You cannot equate success in financial matters with greed" Used in print (Jacob Robbins et al., "The thyroid-stimulating...)The introduction of the United_States_Pharmacopoeia reference standard in 1952 and the redefinition and equating of the USP and international units of thyroid stimulating activity have made_it possible to compare results published by different investigators since that time . (Max F. Millikan and Donald L. M. Blackmer,...)The civil_services in such societies are generally inadequate to deal competently with the problems facing them ; and their members often equate a government career with security and status rather_than with sacrifice , self-discipline , and competence . (Robert Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land....)The word `` church '' which turned_up over_and_over_again among Jubal 's words gave him knotty difficulty ; there was no Martian concept to match it - unless one took `` church '' and `` worship '' and `` God '' and `` congregation '' and many other words and equated them to the totality of the only world he had known during growing waiting & & & then forced the concept back into English in_that phrase which had been rejected ( by each differently ) by Jubal , by Mahmoud , by Digby . Related terms |
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[ verb ] (mathematics) be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics
Synonyms Used in print (Harry H. Hull, "The Normal Forces and Their Ther...)The minimum total potential_energy is found by taking the derivative with_respect_to H and equating to zero . |
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[ verb ] make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching
Examples "let's equalize the duties among all employees in this office" "The company matched the discount policy of its competitors" Related terms change regularize tie homogenize homologize equal counterweight equator equalization |
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