EQUANTS

Noun

equants

plural of equant

Anagrams

• aquents

Source: Wiktionary


EQUANT

E"quant, n. Etym: [L. aequans, -antis, p. pr. of aequare: cf. F. équant. 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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