equation
equa·tion
noun
1.
a mathematical statement that two expressions are equal
2.
a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced
- “on a par with the best”
Origin
From Old French, from Latin aequātiō (“an equalizing”). Morphologically equate + -ion
Phrases
- absolute personal equation
- accounting equation
- affected equation
- Airy equation
- algebraic equation
- Arrhenius equation
- balance sheet equation
- Bellman equation
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