equal 
She sought Sicheus tlinnmh the shady 
Who answer (1 nil lit-r can-, ami ' >i"<ill <l :ill her love. 
, .Kneid. 
3. To count or consider as equal ; make com- 
parable. 
I think no man, for valour of minil uiul ability of body, 
to In- iii-eli -rrt-il, if i-qiiiillnl, to ArgaliiK. 
8fr /'. ^1,,,-y, Arcadia, 1. 
And hauo thereupon obtruded on many oilier dayes as 
rcliuioiis respects or more then on this (which yet the 
\p...tlcs entitled in mime and practise The Ix.rds lia\), 
\\illi I In- same spirit whereby they liuuc guotted trad I- 
tlons to the holy Scriptures. I'urehai, Pilgrim*!*, p. 121. 
And smiled on pon-h and trellis 
The fair deinoei-acy of Mowers, 
That >''/iiiif* rut ami palaei-. 
H'liitt/,;; Among the Hills. 
To equal aquals, to make, things equal ; hriiiK about an 
equality, in- a proper balance or adjustment. See equal- 
fi'[iif[. [Scotch.] 
If I pay debt to other folk, I think they snld pay it to me 
that rquahaijuttli. Scott, Heart of Mill Lothian, viii. 
Il.t in li'n a,-.'. To be equal; match. 
I think we ;uv a body stroll". i-nollKll, 
Kvcn as we ure, to final with the king. 
Slink., '2 Hen. IV., I. 8. 
equal-aqual (tVkwal-a'kwal), a. [A varied re- 
duplicauon of equal.] Alike. [Scotch.] 
equal-ended (e'kwal-en'ded), . In oiilogy, el- 
liptical, as an egg, in long section, and there- 
lure having both ends alike; not distinguish- 
able as to point and butt. 
equal-falling (e'kwal-fa'ling), a. Havingequal 
velocities of fall. 
equaliflorous (e*kwal-i-fl6'rus), a. [<. L. rtqita- 
lix, equal, + Jlos (flor-), flower, + -ous.} Hav- 
ing equal (lowers : applied to a plant when all 
the flowers of the same head or cluster are 
alike in form as well as character. A. Gray. 
Also spelled (squalijlorons. 
equalisation, equalise, etc. See equalization, 
etc. 
equalitarian (e-kwol-i-ta'ri-an), a. and n. [< 
equality + -arian.} I. a. Believing in the prin- 
ciple of equality among men. [Rare.] 
The njualitarian American proud of his city, proud 
of hi - State, devoted to loeal interests, as a good citizen 
should be protests, as one can readily understand, 
against the supremacy of New York. 
Fortnightly Rev., N. S., XXXIX. 226. 
II. H. One who believes in or maintains the 
principle of equality among men. [Rare.] 
equality (e-kwol'i-ti), . [ME. egalite, < OF. 
i'1/ii/ite: se'eegalit;/; OF. eqiialite, egalite, egalte, 
eugalte, igalete, ivelle, etc., F. egalite = Pr. engal- 
tat = Sp. igitaldad = Pg. igualdade = It. egualita, 
iigitalita, i L. a!qttnlita(t-),i, equalness, < aequalis, 
equal: see equal.'} 1. The state of being equal ; 
identity in magnitude or dimensions, value, 
qualities, degree, etc. ; the state of being neither 
superior nor inferior, greater nor less, better 
nor worse, stronger nor weaker, etc., with re- 
gard to the thing or things compared. 
Kqunlili/ of two domestic powers 
Breeds scrupulous faction. 
Shall. , A. and C., i. S. 
If they [the democrats) restrict the word equality as 
carefully us they ought, it will not import that all men 
have an equal r'inht to all things, but that, to whatever 
they have a right, it is as much to be protected and pro- 
vided for as the right of any persons in society. 
Ame, Works, II. 210. 
In the federal constitution, the equality of the States, 
without regard to population, size, wealth, institutions, or 
any other consideration, is a fundamental principle; as 
much so as is the c>/imli'/t/of their citizens, in the govern- 
ments of the several States, without regard to property, 
inlluence, or superiority of any description. 
Calhuun, Works, I. 186. 
2. Evenness; uniformity; sameness in state 
or continued course ; equableness: &s, equality 
of surface; an I'l/miHii/ of temper or constitu- 
tion. 
Alle fortune is blysful to a man by the egreablete or by 
the eyalyte of hym that sulfreth by t. 
Chaucer, Boethius, ii. prose 4. 
Measure out the lives of men, ami periodically dcl'me tin- 
alterations of their tempers ; conceive a regularity in mu- 
tations, with an c</tm;/'// in constitutions. 
Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err: 
Circle of equality, an equant. Double or triple 
equality, a system of two or of three equations. Ratio 
Of equality, the ratio of two equal quantities. Sign of 
equality, the si^-n =. used (n) In ninth., between tin- 
symbols nf two quantities, to indicate their equality : as, 
6 + 5 11 ; -2x -(- ty/ 1:1. the whole forming an equa- 
tion (which secV (M Iii other coses, to indicate (quality 
or equivalence of sense : as, Latin <tratia* = thank''. (<) 
In a limited us.-, as in tin- etynmlnu-ies of tins dictionary, to 
indicate speeiticulh equality (ultimate identity) nf form : 
as, English dm = Latin duo = Greek Siio = Sanskrit rfra. 
equalization (5'kwal-i-zS'shon), . [< equal! :> 
T -ation.] The act of equalizing, or the state 
of being equalized. Also spelled equalisation. 
1981 
Making the major part of the inhabitants . . . believe 
that their ease, and their satisfaction, and their 001 
(Mm with tin- nst of the fellow subjects of Ireland, an 
thing! adverse to the principles of that connection. 
Burke, Affairs of Ireland. 
Board Of equalization, in the State and county govern- 
ments uf some ol the I nil'-d Mates, a board of conimls 
-iuiiers whnsc duty it is, in order that the incidi u< e <>! 
state or county taxation maybe the same in all th 
i . i-iiuis, in n-dni-e to a uniform basis the valuation- 
made by local assessors. 
equalize (e'kwal-iz), v. t.; pret. and pp. <</"/- 
i:i'il. rjrpt.eqyaitttng, [=t\egaliser; &sequal + 
-i;e.} If. 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 Chesuuts whose wild 
fruit equalize the best in France, Spalne, Oermanv. or 
Italy. Capt. John Smith, True Travels, I. 122. 
It could not equalize the hundredth part 
Of what her eyes have kindled in my heart. 
tt'atler. At Penshnrst. 
2t. To represent as equal ; place on a level (with 
another). 
The Virgin they do at least equalize to Christ. 
Dr. II. More, Antidote against Idolatry, v. 
3. To make equal ; cause to be equal in amount 
or degree as compared : as, to equalize accounts ; 
to equalize burdens or taxes. 
Death will equalise us all at last 
Burton, Anat of Mel., p. 351*. 
The philosophers among the democrats will no doubt 
insist that they do not mean to equalize property, they 
contend only for an equality of rights. 
Amei, Works, II. 210. 
One poor moment can suffice 
To eirualize the lofty and the low. n'ordruvrt h. 
Also spelled equalise. 
equalizer (e'kwal-^zer), n. 1. One who or 
that which equalizes or makes equal; an ad- 
juster; a leveler. 
We find this digester of codes, amender of laws, de- 
stroyer of feudality, equalizer of public burdens, Ac., per- 
mitting, if he did not perpetrate, one of the most atrocious 
acU of oppression. Brtfghm. 
Islam, like any great Faith, and Insight into the essence 
of man, is a perfect equalizer of men. 
Carlyle, Heroes and Hero- Worship, ii. 
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 (e'kwal-i-zer-spring), n. A 
spring which rests on au equalizing-bar and 
carries the weight of a car. Car-Builder's Diet. 
equalizing-bar (e'kwal-i -zing- bar), n. See 
Sari. 
equalizing-file (e'kwal-i-zing-fil), . See/?* 1 . 
equally (6'kwal-i), adv. 1. In an equal man- 
ner or to the same degree ; alike. 
(Sod loves equally all human beings, of all ranks, nations, 
conditions, and characters; . . . the Father has no favor- 
ites and makes no selections. 
Channiny, Perfect Life, p. 67. 
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 
the whole. Macaulay, Lord Bacon. 
3. Impartially ; with equal justice. 
I do require them of you, so to use them, 
As we shall find their merits and our safety 
May equally determine. Shak., Lear, v. 3. 
Equally pinnate, in lot. , same as abruptly pinnate (which 
see, under (ibritnllit). 
equalness (e'kwal-nes), n. The state of being 
equal, in any sense ; equality. 
Let me lament . . . that our stars, 
I'm-i-eoni iliable. should divide 
Our equalnt'SJt to this. Shale., A. and C., v. 1. 
equangular (e-kwang'gu-lar), a. Same as equi- 
aiiaitlar. [Rare.] 
equanimity (e-kwa-nim'i-ti), n. [< L. tequa- 
nimita(t-)s, calmness, patience, even-minded- 
ness, < tequanintiit, even-minded: see equani- 
mous.} Evenness of mind or temper; calm- 
ness or firmness, especially under conditions 
adapted to excite great emotion ; a state of re- 
sist ance to elation, depression, 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 express this habit of mind, ex- 
cept you will let me call it equanimity. Tatler. 
When selfishness has given way to generosity, and per- 
fect love has cast out fear then all this shows itself in 
that equipoise of sovil which we call -unit temper or A/r/a- 
iii'miin. J. F. Clarke, Self-Culture, p. 287. 
equanimoust (e-kwan'i-mus>, a. ((. L. (equa- 
itimis (only in glosses), mild, kind, lit. even- 
minded, < a-quus, even, equal, + animus, mind.] 
equation 
Of an even, composed frame of mind; of a 
steady temper; not easily elated or depressed. 
Out of oil equatinit""* civility to his many worthy 
friends. Kitim IJatilikr. 
equant (e'kwant), . and n. [< L. a'qiiaii(t-)g, 
ppr. of trquare, make equal: see i qiin/i . J I. n. 
Having equal arcs described in equal times; 
figuratively, regulating. See II. [Obsolete or 
archaic.] 
Love Is the circle equant of all other affections. 
Burton, Anat. of Mel., p. 43s. 
II. n. In the Ptolemaic system of astronomy, 
a circle about whose center the center of the 
epicycle of a planet was supposed to describe 
equal angles in equal times. Also called eccen- 
tric equator. 
equate (e-kwaf), r. (. ; pret. and pp. iqnutnl. 
ppr. equating. [< ].. a-qitutii.*, pp. of aquare, 
make equate, like, even, level, etc., < a:qitun, 
equal, even: see equal.} 1. To make equal or 
equivalent; regard or treat as equal. [Rare.] 
We equate four hundred and forty-five early Greek 
years with the last three hundred and twenty English 
years. De Quincey, Homer, iii. 
Am I at liberty to equate Widelleet with Broadwall, the 
present boundary line between Lambeth and Southwark? 
X. and Q., 7th ser., III. 444. 
2. To reduce to an average; make such cor- 
rection or allowance in as will reduce to a com- 
mon standard of comparison, or will bring to a 
true result : as, to equate observations in astron- 
omy. 3. To be equal or equivalent to; equal. 
[Rare.] 
No doubt For! equates " Cheap " as a place of barter, 
but the real Human Forum would liecome a closet] build- 
Ing, like a town-hall. X. and (/., 7th ser., IV. 156. 
Equated anomaly. Same as true aiwmaly (which see, 
under anmiiaty).- Equated bodies, a Hue on Gunters 
scale showing the ratio of volumes of two regular bodies. 
equate (e'kwat), . [< L. tequatus, pp. : seethe 
verb.] In entom., smooth, as a surface ; having 
no special elevations or depressions. Also equal. 
equatic (e-kwat'ik), a. [< equate + -ic.} In 
entom., equal: said of a surface without large 
elevations or depressions, though it may be 
convex or gibbous as a whole, and have punc- 
tures or other small sculptural marks on it. 
equation (e-kwa'shou or -zhon), n. [< ME. equa- 
tion, equaciottn, < L. a'quatio(n-), an equalizing, 
equal distribution, < <equarc, make equal: see 
equate.} If. A making equal, or au equal di- 
vision; equality. 
Again the golden day resum'd Its right, 
And rul'd in just equation with the night. 
Hove, tr, of Lilcan, II. 
2. In math., a proposition asserting the equal- 
ity of two quantities, and expressed by the 
sign = between them ; or an expression of the 
same quantity in two terms dissimilar but of 
equal value : as, 3 Ib. = 48 oz. ; x = 6 + m r. 
In the latter ease x is equal to b added to m with r sub- 
tracted from the sum, and the quantities on the right hand 
of the sign of equation are said to be the value of zon the 
left hand. Au equation Is termed simple, quadratic, cubic, 
or biquadratic, or of the 1st, 2d, 3d, or 4th degree, ac- 
cording as the index of the highest power of the unknown 
quantity is one, two, three, or four ; and generally an 
equation is said to be of the 5th, 6th, nth, etc., degree, 
according as the highest power of the unknown quantity 
is of any of these dimensions. 
3. In astron., the correction or quantity to be 
added to or subtracted from the mean position 
of a heavenly body to obtain the true position ; 
also, in a more general sense, the correction 
arising from any erroneous supposition what- 
ever. 4. In ehem., a collection of symbols 
used to indicate that two or more definite bod- 
ies, simple or compound, having been brought 
within the sphere of chemical action, a reac- 
tion will take place, and new bodies be pro- 
duced. The symbols of the bodies which react on each 
other form the left-hand member of the equation, and are 
connected by the sign of equality with the symbols of the 
products of the reaction. It is called an equation because 
the weight of the substances reacting must exactly equal 
the weight of the products of reaction. AbeUan equa- 
tion. See Abelian?. Absolute equation. See auto- 
'<"'. Absolute personal equation. See ixrtonal equa- 
tion. Adfected or affected equation, see affected. 
Algebraic equation. Sec algebraic. Bernoulli's equa- 
tion, (a) The equation d.v/dz = fy + <ty m , where P and 
Q are functions of x only. It is solved by substituting z = 
yl m. ({,) An equation for the steady motion of a liquid, 
namely, 
wherep is the pressure, p the density, V the potential of the 
impressed forces, 7 the velocity, and C a constant for each 
stream-line and vortex-line, and in the case of irrotation- 
al motion a constant for all space. Bessel'B equation, 
the equation d-'.w, 'dx2-f ldy'ax + (l r" i-'m=0, the 
solution of which involves the Besselfan function. Bi- 
nomial equation. See binomial. Biquadratic equa- 
tion. Such equations were flrst solved by the Italian 
mathematician Ludovico Ferrari (1522-65). His method 
