'Equating' definitions:

Definition of 'equating'

(from WordNet)
noun
The act of regarding as equal [syn: equation, equating]

Definition of 'Equating'

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]

Definition of 'equating'

From: GCIDE
  • equating \equating\ n. the act of regarding as equal.
  • Syn: equation. [WordNet 1.5]

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