equisonant

[Lat. æquus equal; sonans sounding.] Mus.: Sounding equally, or in unison or octave. equit-a-ble (equit as ěk-kwit), s. [Fr., from équité equity (q. v.).] 1. According to equity or justice; marked by a due consideration of what is just and fair to all; fair, just. IMG:content-1104.jpg:[blocks in formation] *e-qui-răd'-Ic-al, a . [Pref. equi- , and English radical (q. v.).] Equally radical. ( S. T. Cole ridge .) *ē-qui-rō'-tal, a. [Lat. æquus equal, and rota =a wheel.] Having wheels of the same size or diameter; having equal rotation. e-qui-se-ta-ce-se, pl. [Latin equisetum), (q. v.), and Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -aceœ.] 1. Bot .: Horsetails. An order of Acrogens, alliance Muscales, but with many unique characters of its own. It consists of leafle , branched plants, with a striated, fistular, fluted stem, in the cuticle of which silex is secreted. Articulations separable, and surrounded by a membranous, toothed sheath. Spiral ve els very small, but abundant spore-cases, opening inward by a longitudinal slit attached to the lower face of peltate scales collected into terminal cones. Spores consisting of oval grains, wrapped round with a pair of highly elastic clavate elaters. Found in ditches and rivers all over the world, most abundant in the north temperate zone. Known species, twenty-five. [EQUISETUM.] 2. Palæont .: The Equiseta cee have been found from the Devonian strata upward. The Calamites of the Coal Measures were probably of this order. [CALAMITE.] e-qui-se-tā-çě-ous, a . [Mod. Lat. equisetace ( œ ), and Eng., ., suff. -ous .] Bot .: Belonging to or suggesting the order Equiseta cee (q. v.).