'Equate' definitions:
Definition of 'equate'
From: WordNet
verb
Consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous; "We can compare the Han dynasty to the Romans"; "You cannot equate success in financial matters with greed" [syn: compare, liken, equate]
verb
Be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics [syn: equate, correspond]
verb
Definition of 'Equate'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Palgrave gives both scrolle and scrowe and equates both to F[rench] rolle. --Skeat (Etymol. Dict. ). [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'equate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accommodate,
- adjust,
- align,
- ally,
- apply,
- assimilate,
- associate,
- balance,
- bind,
- bracket,
- cancel,
- collimate,
- collineate,
- compare,
- compensate,
- connect,
- consider,
- coordinate,
- correlate,
- correspond,
- counterbalance,
- counterpoise,
- countervail,
- couple,
- draw a parallel,
- equalize,
- equidistance,
- even,
- even up,
- fit,
- follow,
- hold,
- identify,
- integrate,
- interrelate,
- level,
- liken,
- line up,
- link,
- match,
- paragon,
- parallel,
- parallelize,
- place parallel to,
- poise,
- proportion,
- realign,
- regard,
- relate,
- relativize,
- represent,
- similize,
- square,
- strike a balance,
- tie,
- treat,
- wed
Words containing 'Equate'
- Equated,
- Equating,
- Equation,
- Equator,
- equatability,
- Absolute equation,
- Biquadratic equation,
- Construction of an equation,
- Cubic equation,
- Determinate equations,
- Discussion of an equation,
- Equating for curves,
- Equating for grades,
- Equation box,
- Equation clock,
- Equation of a curve,
- Equation of condition,
- Equation of equinoxes,
- Equation of payments,
- Equation of the center,
- Equation of time,
- Equation watch,
- Equational box,
- Equations of condition,
- Equator of a planet,
- Equator of the sun,
- Exponential equation,
- Identical equation,
- Incomplete equation,
- Indeterminate equation,
- Lateral equation,
- Linear equation,
- Literal equation,
- Magnetic equator,
- Normal equation,
- Normal equations,
- Numerical equation,
- Personal equation,
- Reciprocal equation,
- Root of an equation,
- Secular equation,
- Simple equation,
- Simultaneous equations,
- Theory of equations,
- To reduce an equation,
- Transcendental equation,
- Verification of an equation,
- Zonal equation,
- celestial equator,
- differential equation,
- eccentric equator,
- maxwell's equations,
- quadratic equation,
- regression equation,
- schrodinger equation,
- wave equation,
- Intrinsic equation of a curve,
- Linear differential equation,
- Polar equation of a line,
- Polar equation of a surface,
- Relativistic mass equation,
- partial differential equation,
- schrodinger wave equation