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See also: équation
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- æquation (archaic)
Etymology[edit]
From Old French, from Latin aequātiō (“an equalizing”). Morphologically equate + -ion
Pronunciation[edit]
- enPR: ĭkwā'zhən, IPA(key): /ɪˈkweɪʒən/; enPR: ĭkwā'shən, IPA(key): /ɪˈkweɪʃən/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪʒən
Noun[edit]
equation (plural equations)
- The act or process of equating two or more things, or the state of those things being equal (that is, identical).
- We need to bring the balance of power into equation
- 2013, Eva Illouz, Why Love Hurts: A Sociological Explanation:
- The cultural equation of love with suffering is similar to the equation of love with an experience of both transcendence and consummation in which love is affirmed in an ostentatious display of self loss.
- (mathematics) An assertion that two expressions are equal, expressed by writing the two expressions separated by an equal sign; from which one is to determine a particular quantity.
- (astronomy) A small correction to observed values to remove the effects of systematic errors in an observation.
Derived terms[edit]
- algebraic equation
- Arrhenius equation
- chemical equation
- differential equation
- Diophantine equation
- Drake equation
- equation of motion
- equation of time
- integral equation
- Kepler's equation
- Lagrange's equations
- light equation
- linear equation
- Navier-Stokes equation
- parametric equation
- partial differential equation
- Pell's equation
- personal equation
- polynomial equation
- quadratic equation
- Schrödinger's wave equation
- Van der Waals equation
- wave equation
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
act or process of equating two or more things, or the state of those things being equal
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mathematics: assertion
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astronomy: correction
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