Equal

ē′kwal, adj. identical: of the same value: adequate: in just proportion: fit: equable: uniform: equitable: evenly balanced: just.— n. one of the same age, rank, .— v.t. to be, or to make, equal to:— pr.p. ē′qualling; pa.p. ē′qualled. — n. Equal isā′tion , the act of making equal: state of being equalised.— v.t. E′qualise , to make equal.— adj. and n. Equal itār′ian , of or pertaining to the equality of mankind.— n. Equal′ity , the condition of being equal: samene : evenne .— adv. E′qually .— n. E′qualne , the state of being equal: evenne : uniformity.— v.t. Equāte′ , to reduce to an average or to a common standard of comparison: to regard as equal:— pr.p. equāt′ing; pa.p. equāt′ed. — ns. Equā′tion , the act of making equal: ( alg. ) a statement of the equality of two quantities: reduction to a mean proportion; Equā′tor ( geog. ), a great circle pa ing round the middle of the globe and dividing it into two equal parts: ( astron. ) the equinoctial.— adj. Equatō′rial , of or pertaining to the equator.— n. an instrument for observing and following a celestial body in any part of its diurnal course.— adv. Equatō′rially , so as to have motion or direction parallel to the equator.— Equal to the occasion , fit or able for an emergency.— Equation of time , the reduction from mean solar time to apparent solar time.— An equal ( Spens. ), a state of equality.— Personal equation , any error common to all the observations of some one person, any tendency to error or prejudice due to the personal characteristics of some person for which allowance must be made. [L. æqualis — æquāre , to make equal— æquus , equal.]