EQUATES
Verb
equates
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of equate
Noun
equates
plural of equate
Source: Wiktionary
EQUATE
E*quate", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Equated; p. pr. & vb. n. Equating.]
Etym: [L. aequatus, p. p. of aequare to make level or equal, fr.
aequus level, equal. See Equal.]
Definition: 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.
Palgrave gives both scrolle and scrowe and equates both to F[rench]
rolle. Skeat (Etymol. Dict. ).
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition