EQUATING

equation, equating

(noun) the act of regarding as equal

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

equating

present participle of equate

Noun

equating (plural equatings)

The act by which things are equated; the evaluation of things as equivalent.

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



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