equableness (ekwaor ekwablnes)

bility. equably (ē'kwaor ek'wa-bli), adv. equable manner. EquaIn an If bodies move equably in concent rick circles, and the squares of their periodical times be as the cubes of their distances from the common centre, their centripetal forces will be reciprocally as the squares of the distances. times. Cheyne. Equably accelerated, accelerated by equal increments equal (ē'kwal), a. and n. [Early mod. E. also equall; They... made the maimed, orphans, widows, yea, and the aged also, equal in spoils with themselves. 2 Mac. viii. 30. Thou therefore also taste, that equal lot May join us, equal joy, as equal love. Milton , P. L., ix. 881. Here, however, I could use the word equal only in its practical sense, in which two things are equal when I cannot perceive their difference; not in its theoretical sense, in which two things are equal when they have no difference at all. W. K. Clifford, Lectures, I. 266. The difference between Rome and any other Latin city appears at once in the fact that Rome by herself always deals on at least equal terms with the Latin league as a whole. E. A. Freeman , Amer. Lects., p. 316. 2. Even; uniform; not variable; equable: as, an equal mind. An equal temper in his mind he found, When fortune flatter'd him, and when she frown'd. Dryden. Let us swear an oath, and keep it with an equal mind. Tennyson, Lotos-Eaters (Choric Song). 3. Having a just relation or proportion; correspondent; commensurate. Were my fortunes equal to my desires, I could wish to make one there. Shak., Pericles, ii. 1. I hope your noble usage has been equal With your own person. Beau , and Fl ., King and No King, iv. 2. It is not permitted me to make my commendations equal to your merit. Dryden, Fables, Ded. 4. Impartial; not biased; just; equitable; not unduly favorable to any party: as, the terms and conditions of the contract are equal ; equal laws. IMG:content-0643.png:[blocks in formation] These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden Mat. xx. 12. and heat of the day. We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed, by their Creator, with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happine . Declaration of Independence. 8. In bot., symmetrical, as applied to leaves and to various organs of cryptogams; of uniform thickne , as the stipe of an agaric.-9. In en tom., same as equate. - Curve of equal approach. See approach. - Equal counterpoint, in music, counterpoint made up of tones of equal duration; a contrapuntal composition thus constituted. Equal decrement of life. See decrement. - Equal propositions, propositions which state the same fact. - Equal Rights party. See Locofoco. - Equal surface, in entom., one without marked irregularities or sculpture, but not nece arily plane; an equate surface. - Equal temperament. See tempera ment.-Equal voices, in music, strictly, voices having the same quality and compa , but often applied to male voices as opposed to female, or vice vers a. Surface of equal head. See head. Syn. 2. Equable, regular, unvarying. 3. Proportionate, conformable, equivalent.-4. Fair, even-handed.-6. Fit, competent. II. n. 1. One who or that which is not different in all or some respects from another; specifically, one who is not inferior or superior to another; a person having the same or a similar age, rank, station, office, talents, strength, etc. It was thou, a man mine equal , my guide, and mine acquaintance. Ps. lv. 13. Miranda is indeed a gentleman Of fair desert and better hopes; but yet He hath his equals. Beau, and Fl . , Knight of Malta, iii. 2. Those who were once his equals envy and defame him. Add is on . In taste and imagination, in the graces of style, in the arts of persuasion, in the magnificence of public works, the ancients were at least our equals . Macaulay , History. 21. The state of being equal; equality. Thou that presum'st to weigh the world anew, And all things to an equall to restore. Spenser, F. Q., V. ii. 34. equal (ē'kwal), adv. [ Thou art A thing that, equal with the Devil himself, I do detest and scorn. Mas singer, Duke of Milan, ii. 1. The head is painted equal to Titian; and though done, I suppose, after the clock had struck five-and-thirty, yet she retains a great share of beauty. Walpole , Letters, II. 365. equal (ē'kwal), v.; pret. and pp. equaled or equalled, ppr. equaling or equalling. [ And will she yet abase her eyes on me, On me, whose all not equals Edward's moiety? IMG:content-0644.png:[blocks in formation] The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Dictionary She sought Sicheus through the shady grove, Who answer'd all her cares, and equall'd all her love. Dryden, Eneid, 3. To count or consider as equal; make com- parable. And smiled on porch and trellis The fair democracy of flowers, That equals cot and palace. If I pay debt to other folk, I think they suld pay it to me that equals aquals . Scott , Heart of Mid-Lothian, viii. II.t in trans. To be equal; match. I think we are a body strong enough, Even as we are, to equal with the king. Shak., 2 Hen. IV., i. 3. (ē'kwal-ä'kwal), a . [A varied re- equal-ended (ē'kwal-ended), a . In oölogy , el- liptical, as an egg, in long section, and there- fore having both ends alike; alike; not distinguish- able as to point and butt. equal-falling (e'kwal-fa ling), a . Having equal velocities of fall. equal if i or ous (ē"kwal-i-flō'rus), a. [L. æqua- lis , equal, + flos ( flor- ), -), flower, flower, + -ous.] Hav- ing equal flowers: applied to a plant when all the flowers of the same head or cluster are Also spelled æqualiflorous . equalisation, equalise, etc. See equalization , Making the major part of the inhabitants... believe that their ease, and their satisfaction, and their equaliza tion with the rest of the fellow-subjects of Ireland, are things adverse to the principles of that connection. Burke , Affairs of Ireland. Board of equalization, in the State and county govern ments of some of the United States, a board of commis- sioners whose duty it is, in order that the incidence of State or county taxation may be the same in all the local subdivisions, to reduce to a uniform basis the valuations made by local a e ors. equalize (e'kwal-iz), v . t .; pret. and pp. equal- ized , ppr.equalizing . [ F.égaliser ; as equal + -ize.] 1. To be equal to; equal. Outsung the Muses, and did equalize Their king Apollo. Chapman , Ep. Ded. to Iliad. In some parts were found some Chesnuts whose wild fruit equalize the best in France, Spaine, Germany, or Italy. It could not equalize the hundredth part Of what her eyes have kindled in my heart. Waller , At Pens hurst. Of an even, composed frame of mind; of a steady temper; not easily elated or depre ed. Out of an equanimous civility to his many worthy friends. Eikon Basilike . equant (ē'kwant), a . and n. [ æquan ( t- ) s , ppr. of æquare , make equal: see equate .] I. a. Having equal arcs described in equal times; figuratively, regulating. See II. [Obsolete or archaic.] IMG:content-0646.png:[blocks in formation] equalizer (e'kwal-i-zer), n . that which equalizes or makes equal; an ad- juster; a leveler. We find this digester of codes, amender of laws, de equalizer of public burdens, ., per- acts of oppre ion. 2. Specifically, a pivoted bar attached to the pole of a wagon and carrying at its ends the swingletrees to which the horses are attached; an evener. Also called equalizing - bar . Also spelled equaliser . equalizer-spring (ē'kwal-i-zer-spring), n. A spring which wh rests on an equalizing-bar and carries the weight of a car. Car-Builder's Dict . equalizing-bar (ē'kwal-i-zing-bär), n. See bar1. equality (e-kwol'i-ti), n. [ME. egalite , egalite : see egality ; OF. equalite , egalite , egalte , eugalte , igalete , ivelte , etc., F. égal ité = Pr.engal- tat = Sp.igualdad = Pg.igualdade = It.egualità , ugualità, L. æqualita (t-)s, equalne , æqualis , equal: see equal .] 1. The state of being equal; equalizing-file (ē'kwal-i-zing-fil), n. See filel . identity in magnitude or dimensions, value, equally (e'kwal-i), adv . 1. In an equal man- qualities, degree, etc.; the state of being neither superior nor inferior, greater nor le , better nor worse, stronger nor weaker, etc., with re- gard to the thing or things compared. IMG:content-0647.png:[blocks in formation] 2. Evenne ; uniformity; samene in state or continued course; equablene : as, equality of surface; an equality of temper or constitu- tion. Alle fortunes lysult a man by the egreablete or by Chaucer, Boëthius, ii. prose 4. 2. In equal shares or portions: as, the estate is to be equally divided among the heirs. No particular faculty was preeminently developed; but manly health and vigour were equally diffused through I do require them of you, so to use them, As we shall find their merits and our safety May equally determine. Equally pinnate, in bot ., same as abruptly pinnate (which see, under abruptly ). equalne (e'kwal-nes), n. The state of being equal, in any sense; equality. Let me lament. that our stars, Unreconciliable, should divide Our equalne to this. Shak ., A. and C., v. 1. equangular (ē-kwang'gū-lar), a . Same as equi- angular. [Rare.] equanimity (e-kwa-nim'i-ti), n. [L. æqua- nimita (t-)s, calmne , patience, even-minded- ne , æquanimis , even-minded: see equani- mous.] Evenne of mind or temper; calm- ne or firmne , especially under conditions adapted to excite great emotion; a state of re- sistance to elation, depre ion, anger, etc. This watch over a man's self, and the command of his temper, I take to be the greatest of human perfections. I do not know how to expre this habit of mind, ex- Tatler. When selfishne has given way to generosity, and per- fect love has cast out fear-then all this shows itself in that equipoise of soul which we call good temper or equa- J. F. Clarke, Self-Culture, p. 287. nimity. equanimoust (ē-kwan'i-mus), a . [L. æqua- nim is (only in glo es), mild, kind, lit. even- minded, æquus , even, equal, + animus , mind.] No doubt Fori equates "Cheap" as a place of barter, but the real Roman Forum would become a closed build- ing, like a town-hall. N. and Q., 7th ser., IV. 156. Equated anomaly. Same as true anomaly (which see, under anomaly ). - Equated bodies, a line on Gunter's scale showing the ratio of volumes of two regular bodies. equate (ē'kwat), a. [L. æquat us , pp.: see the verb.] In entom ., smooth, as a surface; having no special elevations or depre ions. Also equal . equatic (e-kwat'ik), a . [ equate + -ic.] In entom., equal: said of a surface without large elevations or depre ions, though it may be convex or gibbous as a whole, and have pune- tures or other small sculptural marks on it. equation (e-kwa's hon or-zhon), n. [ equacioun , æquatio (n-), an equalizing, equal distribution, æquare , make equal: see equate.] 1. A making equal, or an equal di- vision; equality. Again the golden day resum'd its right, And rul'd in just equation with the night. dp + V + 172 = C, P is as follows: Let the biquadratic be x4 + ax3 + bx + cx Equation of moments, an equation of rigid dynamics + d = 0. Find a root of the cubic y3 - by2 + ( ac - 4d ) y expre ing the forces of rotation. - Equation of motion, d (a2-4b)-c2 = 0. Then the roots of the biquadratic the differential equation of dynamics connecting the forces are the same as those of the two quadratics and accelerations. - Equation of payments, an arith- metical rule for the purpose of ascertaining at what time it is equitable that a person should make payment of a whole debt which is due in different parts payable at dif- ferent times. Equation of rest, a special case of the equation of motion, showing the conditions of equilibri- um.-Equation of the argument, in old astron ., the angle at the earth between a planet and the center of its epicycle; but in the cases of the sun and moon, the dif- Sacro Bosco.) - Equation of the center. (a) In old as- tron., usually, the difference between the true and mean place of the center of the epicycle ( Short , Kepler, § 43); but in the case of the moon, generally the angle at the center of the epicycle between the true and mean apogee ( Clavius ; Ozanam ), but sometimes the first inequality ( Halma , Almagest, V. vii.). (b) In modern astron ., the ex- ce of the true over the mean anomaly. ( Gau , The or i a Motus, I. 7.) - Equation of the orbit, in old astron .: (a) The total correction of the mean place of a planet to give its true place. (6) The equation of the argument. ( Kepler , De Motibus Martis, I. iv.)-Equation of time, the reduc- tion from mean solar time to apparent solar time. - Equa- tion of translation, the differential equation for the translation of a system. - Equation to a curve, surface, etc., an equation defining the shape and position of the curve, surface, etc. - Equation to corresponding alt i- tudes, in astron ., a correction which must be applied to the apparent time of noon (found by means of the time elapsed between the instants when the sun had equal al- titudes, both before and after noon) in order to ascertain the true time. - Eulerian equation. (a) The equation expre ing the addition theorem of elliptic functions. (b) Any one of the usual equations of hydrodynamics, where the components of the velocity at fixed points of space are taken as variables: so called in contradistinction to the Lag rangi an equations where the coördinates of a definite particle are taken as variables; these equations, though also discovered by Euler, having been used by Lagrange. Exponential equation. See exponential . Fluential equation, the equation of the fluents: corresponding to the solution of a differential equation. - Fluxional equa- tion, the equation of the fluxions. - Functional equa- tion, an equation in which the unknown is not a quan- tity, but a functional operator. Such, for example, is the equation F2 = I, which means that the operation F is such that the result of performing it twice is to restore the ori- ginal operand. - General equation, an equation in which no account is taken of initial conditions, or of special or exceptional features of a problem. - Group of an equa- tion, a group of permutations of the roots such that they all give the same values for rational functions of the known and adjunct quantities, and for no others. - Hamilton i an equation, one of a certain system of equations for ex- pre ing problems of dynamics. The equations are dp / dt = -8H / 8u and du / dt = 8H / 8p , where u is an element of position, p is the differential coefficient of the vis viva rel- atively to u ' , and H is the total energy. - He e's equa- tion, an equation of the ninth degree, expre ing the pos i- tions of the inflections of a plane cubic. - Homogeneous equation, one of which all the terms are of the same de- difference equation. The order of a difference equation is equal to the difference between the highest and low- est values of the variable it involves. Thus, the equa- tion just given is of the first order with respect to z and of the third order with respect to y. The degree of a dif-gree. - Identical equation, one which is satisfied by all IMG:content-0648.png:[blocks in formation] values of the literal quantities. - Incomplete equation, an equation in which some power of the unknown quan tity lower than the highest does not appear. Thus, 23 + 3px +2q = 0 is an incomplete equation. - Independent equations, a system of equations no one of which is ne- ce arily satisfied when the others are satisfied. - In deter- minate equation or system of equations, an equation with two unknown quantities, or a system of equations le in number than the unknown quantities. - Intrinsic equation of a plane curve, an equation between the arc measured from a fixed point upon it and the radius of curvature. Irreducible differential equation, one which admits only of proper solutions. - Irreducible equation, an equation whose first member, after all the terms have been transposed to one side, has no rational divisor. - Jacobi's equation, the equation ( ax + by + cz ) (ydz - zdy) +( a'x + b'y + c'z) (zdxxdz) +(a'x + b'y + c"z) (xdy - ydx) = 0. Lagrange's equation, one of the equations dx / P=dy/Q = oz /R used in the solution of Lagrange's linear equation. Lagrange's linear equation, the equation P8z / 8x + Q dz / dy = R, where P, Q, R are explicit functions of x , 1, 2.- Lag rangi an equation. (a) An equation of the dat ат ƏY + dt du Ju ди element of position, and t the time. (b) A general equation of hydrodynamics, in which, instead of considering the ve- locity at each fixed point of space, the motion of each par- ticle is followed out. This is called a Lag rangi an equa- tion because used by Lagrange in his "Méchanique Ana- litique," though invented by Euler. - Lamé's equation, the equation d2y/dx2-[ m ( m +1)k2 sn2x + h] y = 0, where m is an integer and k is the modulus of the elliptic func- tion sn z.-Laplace's equation, the equation IMG:content-0649.png:[ocr errors] Also called Laplace's principal equation . See equation of Laplace's functions , above. - Legendre's equation, the d2y dx2 dy 2x + n(n+1) y = 0. dx Linear equation, an equation of the first degree. - Lit- eral equation, one in which all the quantities are ex- pre ed by letters. - Local equation, the equation of a locus. - Lunar equation, the correction of the Grego- rian calendar for the error of the lunar cycle, which adds 1 to the epact in 1800, 2100, etc. See epact . - Mixed equa- tion of differences, or equation of mixed differences, IMG:content-0650.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0651.png:[ocr errors] a2z a2z R + S + T = V, ax2 дх.ду ду 2 where R, S, T, V are functions of x, y, z, dz / da , and dz / ay. Normal equation, in least squares, one of the sys- tem of equations equal in number to the unknown quan- tities, which are formed from the more numerous equa- tions of condition, according to the rule of least squares. - Numeral or numerical equation, an equation hav- ing all its coefficients individual numbers. - Optical equa- tion, in anc . astron ., the apparent displacement of a plan- et owing to the eccentricity of the orbit; more precisely, the angle at the center of the epicycle between the center of the world and that of the orbit. - Ordinary equation, partial equation. See differential equation . - Particu- lar equation, an equation which takes account of initial positions and velocities or other peculiarities of a special problem. - Personal equation. (a) The constant which must be added to every time observed by one observer, in order to make the mean of such observations agree with those of another observer. If, for example, two observers note the times of pa age of a series of stars over the same meridian, it will generally be found that one observer has a tendency to note the time later than the other, so that the mean difference, say for sets of twenty-five observations, presents some approach to constancy. In consequence of this, if we have to combine observations of the two ob- servers, it will be proper to apply to all the observations of one of them a constant, in order to give the times such as they would have been observed by the other. This constant is the personal equation. The absolute personal equation is the amount which has to be added to the time as observed by any given observer in order to reduce the error of the mean of a large number of his observations to zero, or as nearly so as po ible by any such constant correction. The personal equation is said to be eliminated when the ob- servations are so treated that it does not affect the re- sult. Thus, in determining the difference of longitude of two stations by the telegraphic transmi ion of the times of transit of stars over the two meridians, the result will be affected by the personal equation between the observ- ers at the two stations. But if the observers afterward change places and redetermine the difference of longitude, the personal equation will enter into this second result with the opposite sign to that which it had before. Con- sequently, the mean of the two results will give a third result which is free from the effect of any constant per- sonal equation. Hence, loosely - (b) Any kind of tendency to error of a determinate kind and amount peculiar to a IMG:content-0652.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0653.png:[blocks in formation] series and family Sciænid a , represented by Equidæ (ek'wi-dē), n. pl. [NL., Equus + species found in the Caribbean sea and along the Atlantic coasts of tropical America, typi- cal of the subfamily Equitina . The belted horse- man, Eques lanceolatus , is a conspicuously striped species, having an oblong body, with the back humped and the dorsal line very convex, a short, high, and acute first dor- sal fin, a long, low second dorsal fin, and belted broadly with blackish-brown on a grayish-yellow ground, each belt being edged with a whitish color. Two other species are known from the Atlantic coast and one from the Pacific. equestrian (e-kwes'tri-an), a. and n. [= F. équestre = Sp. ecuestre = Pg. It. equestre , equestr- ), belonging to a horse (or to a horseman), equus , a horse (> eques ( equit- ), a horseman): see Equus .] I. a. 1. Pertaining or relating to horses or horsemanship; concerned with horses or riding; consisting in or accom- panied with performances on horseback: as, a person of equestrian tastes; an equestrian pic- ture; equestrian feats, exercise, or sports. I should be glad if a certain equestrian order of ladies, some of whom one meets in the evening at every outlet of the town, would take this subject into their serious consideration. Spectator , No. 104. 2. Riding or represented as riding on a horse; exercising or mounted on horseback: as, eques- tri an performers; an equestrian statue of Wash- ington. Equestrian statues are usually cast in bronze and mounted on a stone pedestal. Few early monuments of this kind are extant, the valuable metal they contained tempting ravagers to destroy them. 3. Of or pertaining to the Roman equites or knights: as, the equestrian order. See equites . II. n. A rider on horseback; specifically, one who earns his living by performing feats of agility and skill on horseback in a circus. equestrianism (e-kwes'tri-an-izm), n. [ eques- tri an + -ism.] The performance of an eques- tri an; horsemanship. equestrienne (e-kwes-tri-en'), n. [A spurious of the earth is longer than the polar diameter. - Equatorial circle. See II. - Equatorial dial. See F. form (in circus-bill French), equestrian + dial . - Equatorial migration. See migration .-Equa- F. fem. suffix -enne.] A female rider or per- equi-. [L. æqui- , before a vowel æqu- , comb in- ing form of æquus , equal: 1: see equal .] An ele- ment of words of Latin origin, meaning 'equal' IMG:content-0654.png:[ocr errors] lent , etc. equiangled (e'kwi-ang"gld), a. [L. æquus , In Mahomet... the pa ions of amorousne and am- bition were almost equibalanced . Christian Religion's Appeal , p. 48 (Ord MS.). [L. equibiradiate (ē"kwi-bi-rā'di-āt), a . equus , equal, + bi- , two-, + radius , ray.] Hav- ing two equal rays, as a sponge-spicule. Sollas. equiconvex (e-kwi-konveks ), a . ), a. [L. L. æquus , equal, + convex us , convex.] Having two con- vex surfaces of equal curvature. equicrescent (e-kwi-kres'ent), a. [L. æquus , equal, + crescen ( t- ) s , increasing.] Increasing at the same rate; having equal increments. equicrural (e-kwi-kröʻral), a . [ IMG:content-0655.png:[blocks in formation] the ectocondyle; the shaft of the ulna is atrophied, and its extremity is consolidated with the radius; the fibula ankylosed tibia; skull is is ted i menta ted with the think the bony orbit of the eye is complete. The dentition is: milk-teeth, di. 3, dc. 1, dm.; permanent teeth, i., c. 1, pm. and m.×2=40. The two genera Equus and Asi- nus (scarcely distinct from each other) are the only living representatives of the family; but there are many fo il genera, ranging through the Tertiary, as Hipparion , Mery- chippus , Pro to hippus , Miohippus , Epihippus , and Eohip- pus . See these words; see also horse , a 1 , zebra , quadga , and cuts under hock , hoof , peri odactyl , and solidungulate . equidifferent (e-kwi-dif'er-ent), a . [ L.æquus , equal, + differen (t-)s, different.] 1. Having equal differences; arithmetically proportional. -2. In crystal . , having a common difference; difference: having a different number of faces presented by the prism and by each summit, the three num- bers forming a series in arithmetical progres- sion, as 6, 4, 2.- Equidifferent series, an arithmet- The compleat Circle; from whose every-place The Centre stands an equi - distant space. Sylvester , tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, ii., The Columnes. Any constant periodical appearance or alternation of equal length; isosceles. equal, + crus ( crur- ), leg, + -al .] Having legs equiform (e'kwi-fôrm), a. [L. æqui form is , We succe ively draw lines from angle to angle, until seven equicrural triangles be described. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err. equicruret (ē'kwi-krör), a . Same as equicrural . An equicrure triangle goes upon a certain prop or- tion of length and breadth. Sir K. Digby , Bodies, ix. Equiculus (ē-kwik'ū-lus), n, Same as Equu- equiformity The heavens admit not these sinister and dexter respects; there being in them no diversity or difference, but a simplicity of parts and equiformity in motion continually succeeding each other. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., iv. 5. IMG:content-0656.png:[blocks in formation] evenly balanced, + ist.] One who balances equilibrium-valve (e-kwi-lib'ri-um-valv), n. equally; one who practises balancing in unnat- A valve having nearly equal pre ure on both ural positions and hazardous movements, as a æqui lateral is, lat us ( later- ), side.] I. a. 1. In geom., having all the sides equal: as, an equilateral triangle.- 2. In zoöl.: (a) Having the two sides equal: said of surfaces which can be divided into two Equilateral Triangle. parts of the same form by a longitudinal median line. (b) Having all the sides equal. (c) Having all the convolutions of the shell in one plane: said chiefly of foraminifers. Equilateral bivalve, a shell in which a transverse line, drawn through the apex of the umbo of either of the valves, bisects the valve into two equal and symmetrical parts. Equilateral hemianopsia, hy perbola, prism, etc. See the nouns. Syn. 2. Equilat eral, Equivalve. In conch., an equilateral bivalve has one half of each valve of the same size and shape as the other half of the same valve; an equivalve bivalve has each valve shaped like the other one. II. n. A figure having all its sides equal. equilaterally (e-kwi-late-ral-i), adv . 1. With all the sides equal.-2. In zool .: (a) Equally on two sides: as, equilaterally rounded; equi laterally bisinuate. (b) So as to have two sides equal: as, equilaterally produced; equilaterally angulose. equilibrant (e-kwi-li'brant), n. [L. as if * æquilibran (t-)s, ppr. of * æquilibrare , balance equally:: see equilibrate .] In physics , a system of forces which would bring another given system of forces to equilibrium. A monkey has lately performed,... both as a ropedancer and an equilibrist, such tricks as no man was thought equal before the Turk appeared Granger , quoted in Strutt's Sports and Pas tim england307, The case of the equilibrist and rope-dancer. is par ticularly favourable to this explanation. Dugald Stewart, equilibrity (e-kwi-lib'ri-ti), п. [ equal sides, to enable it to be easily worked. equilobed (e'kwi-lōbd), a. [L. æquus, equal, + NL. lobus, lobe, + -ed2.] In bot., having equal lobes.