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[ adjective ] well matched; having the same quantity, value, or measure as another
Examples "on equal terms" "all men are equal before the law" Used in print (Norman Kent, "The Watercolor Art of Roy M. Mason"...)`` If I have seemed to emphasize the structure of the composition , I mean to project equal concern for color . (Philip Reaves, "Who Rules the Marriage Bed?"...)The partners each bring to it unselfish love , and each takes_away an equal share of pleasure and joy . (Orlin J. Scoville, Part-Time Farming...)Where schools , fire and police protection , and similar municipal services are of equal quality in city and country , real_estate taxes are usually about the same . (L. Don Leet and Florence J. Leet, editors, The World of...)The greater the depth of the water , the greater is the speed of the wave ; Lagrange 's law says that its velocity is equal to the square_root of the product of the depth times the acceleration due_to gravity . (Dan McLachlan, Jr., "Communication Networks and...)In any social_system in which communications have an importance comparable_with that of production and other human factors , a point like f in Figure 2 would ( other things being equal ) be the dwelling place for the community leader , while e and h would house the next most important citizens . |
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[ verb ] be identical or equivalent to
Synonyms Examples : "One dollar equals 1,000 rubles these days!" Used in print (Cornell H. Mayer, "Radio Emission of the Moon...)The apparent black-body disk temperature is the temperature which must be assumed for the black_body in_order_that the intensity of its radiation should equal that of the observed radiation . (Harry H. Hull, "The Normal Forces and Their Ther...)This means that work equals q which in_turn equals * * f . This means that work equals q which in_turn equals * * f . |
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[ adjective ] equal in amount or value
Synonyms Examples "like amounts" "equivalent amounts" "the same amount" "gave one six blows and the other a like number" "an equal number" "the same number" Used in print (R. P. Jerrard, "Inscribed squares in plane curves"...)Therefore , for any value of t the number of values of f ( t ) is equal to the ( finite ) number of tangent points corresponding to the argument t plus an odd number . Related terms |
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[ verb ] be equal to in quality or ability;
Examples "Nothing can rival cotton for durability" "Your performance doesn't even touch that of your colleagues" "Her persistence and ambition only matches that of her parents" Used in print (The Horseman and Fair World, 84:46...)Fury_Hanover ( Hoot_Mon-Fay ) , Caper ( Hoot_Mon-Columbia_Hanover ) and Isaac ( Hoot_Mon-Goddess_Hanover ) have been working together but have not equalled their best work done some weeks ago . |
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[ noun ] a person who is of equal standing with another in a group
Used in print (Morton A. Kaplan and Nicholas de B. Katzenbach,...)Contract - conceived as the free bargain of formal equals - replaced the implied obligations of a more static and status conscious society . Related terms person associate successor stand-in contemporary townsman peer_group |
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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 counterweight equator equalization |
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