EQUANT
Noun
equant (plural equants)
(obsolete, astronomy) The center of a planetary epicycle.
Adjective
equant (comparative more equant, superlative most equant)
Having comparable measurements in all directions; equidimensional.
Synonyms
• equidimensional
Anagrams
• aquent
Source: Wiktionary
E"quant, n. Etym: [L. aequans, -antis, p. pr. of aequare: cf. F. Ă©quant. See Equate.] (Ptolemaic Astron.)
Definition: A circle around whose circumference a planet or the center of ann epicycle was conceived to move uniformly; -- called also eccentric equator.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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