Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter E - Page 45
Equidiurnal (a.) Pertaining to the time of equal day and night; -- applied to the equinoctial line. -- Whewell.
Equiform (a.) Having the same form; uniform. -- E`qui*for"mi*ty, n. -- Sir T. Browne.
Equilateral (n.) A side exactly corresponding, or equal, to others; also, a figure of equal sides.
Equilateral (a.) Having all the sides equal; as, an equilateral triangle; an equilateral polygon.
Equilateral hyperbola (Geom.), One whose axes are equal.
Equilateral shell (Zo["o]l.), One in which a transverse line drawn through the apex of the umbo bisects the valve, or divides it into two equal and symmetrical parts.
Mutually equilateral, Applied to two figures, when every side of the one has its equal among the sides of the other.
Equilateral (a.) Having all sides or faces equal.
Equilateral (n.) A figure whose sides are all equal.
Equilibrated (imp. & p. p.) of Equilibrate
Equilibrating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Equilibrate
Equilibrate (v. t.) To balance two scales, sides, or ends; to keep even with equal weight on each side; to keep in equipoise. -- H. Spenser.
Equilibration (n.) Act of keeping a balance, or state of being balanced; equipoise.
In . . . running, leaping, and dancing, nature's laws of equilibration are observed. -- J. Denham.
Equilibration (n.) (Biol.) The process by which animal and vegetable organisms preserve a physiological balance. -- H. Spenser.
Equilibration (n.) Stabilization by bringing into equilibrium.
Equilibrious (a.) Evenly poised; balanced. -- Dr. H. More. -- E`qui*lib"ri*ous*ly, adv.
Equilibrist (n.) One who balances himself in unnatural positions and hazardous movements; a balancer.
Equilibrity (n.) The state of being balanced; equality of weight.
Equilibriums (n. pl. ) of Equilibrium
Equilibria (n. pl. ) of Equilibrium
Equilibrium (n.) 平衡，均衡，均勢 Equality of weight or force; an equipoise or a state of rest produced by the mutual counteraction of two or more forces.
Equilibrium (n.) A level position; a just poise or balance in respect to an object, so that it remains firm; equipoise; as, to preserve the equilibrium of the body.
Equilibrium (n.) A balancing of the mind between motives or reasons, with consequent indecision and doubt.
Equimomental (a.) Having equal moments of inertia.
Equimultiple (a.) Multiplied by the same number or quantity.
Equimultiple (n.) One of the products arising from the multiplication of two or more quantities by the same number or quantity. Thus, seven times 2, or 14, and seven times 4, or 28, are equimultiples of 2 and 4.
Equinal (a.) See Equine.
Equine (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a horse.
Equinia (n.) Glanders.
Equinoctial (a.) Pertaining to an equinox, or the equinoxes, or to the time of equal day and night; as, the equinoctial line.
Equinoctial (a.) Pertaining to the regions or climate of the equinoctial line or equator; in or near that line; as, equinoctial heat; an equinoctial sun.
Equinoctial (a.) Pertaining to the time when the sun enters the equinoctial points; as, an equinoctial gale or storm, that is, one happening at or near the time of the equinox, in any part of the world.
Equinoctial (n.) The equinoctial line.
Equinoctially (adv.) Towards the equinox.
Equinox (n.) The time when the sun enters one of the equinoctial points, that is, about March 21 and September 22. See Autumnal equinox, Vernal equinox, under Autumnal and Vernal.
Equinox (n.) Equinoctial wind or storm.
Equinumerant (a.) Equal as to number.
Equipped (imp. & p. p.) of Equip
Equipping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Equip
Equip (v. t.) To furnish for service, or against a need or exigency; to fit out; to supply with whatever is necessary to efficient action in any way; to provide with arms or an armament, stores, munitions, rigging, etc.; -- said esp. of ships and of troops.
Equip (v. t.) To dress up; to array; accouter.
Equipage (n.) Furniture or outfit, whether useful or ornamental; especially, the furniture and supplies of a vessel, fitting her for a voyage or for warlike purposes, or the furniture and necessaries of an army, a body of troops, or a single soldier, including whatever is necessary for efficient service; equipments; accouterments; habiliments; attire.
Equipage (n.) Retinue; train; suite.
Equipage (n.) A carriage of state or of pleasure with all that accompanies it, as horses, liveried servants, etc., a showy turn-out.
Equipaged (a.) Furnished with equipage.
Well dressed, well bred. Well equipaged, is ticket good enough. -- Cowper.
Equiparable (a.) Comparable. [Obs. or R.]
Equiparate (v. t.) To compare. [R.]
Equipedal (a.) (Zo["o]l.) Equal-footed; having the pairs of feet equal.
Equipendency (n.) The act or condition of hanging in equipoise; not inclined or determined either way. -- South.
Equipensate (v. t.) To weigh equally; to esteem alike. [Obs.]
Equipment (n.) The act of equipping, or the state of being equipped, as for a voyage or expedition. -- Burke.
The equipment of the fleet was hastened by De Witt. -- Hume.
Equipment (n.) Whatever is used in equipping; necessaries for an expedition or voyage; the collective designation for the articles comprising an outfit; equipage; as, a railroad equipment (locomotives, cars, etc. ; for carrying on business); horse equipments; infantry equipments; naval equipments; laboratory equipments.
Armed and dight, In the equipments of a knight. -- Longfellow.
Equipment (n.) An instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service.
Equipoise (n.) 平衡，均衡 Equality of weight or force; hence, equilibrium; a state in which the two ends or sides of a thing are balanced, and hence equal; state of being equally balanced; -- said of moral, political, or social interests or forces.
The means of preserving the equipoise and the tranquillity of the commonwealth. -- Burke.
Our little lives are kept in equipoise By opposite attractions and desires. -- Longfellow.
Equipoise (n.) Counterpoise.
The equipoise to the clergy being removed. -- Buckle. Equipollence
Equipoise (n.) Equality of distribution [syn: balance, equilibrium, equipoise, counterbalance].
Equipoise (n.) 平衡；均勢；平靜；平衡力 A state of equilibrium.
Equipoise (n.) Counterbalance.
Equipoise (v. t.) (Equipoised, equipoised, equipoising) 與……平衡；使平衡，使相稱，使相持不下 To serve as an equipoise to.
Equipoise (v. t.) To put or hold in equipoise.
Equipoise (n.) [ U ] (Formal) A situation in which things are perfectly balanced.
// There is in the artist's landscapes a delicate equipoise between the natural and the man-made.
// If the evidence for and against the defendant's guilt is in equipoise, then the burden of proof is on the prosecution.
Equipollence (n.) Alt. of Equipollency
Equipollency (n.) Equality of power, force, signification, or application. -- Boyle.
Equipollency (n.) (Logic) Sameness of signification of two or more propositions which differ in language.
Equipollent (a.) Having equal power or force; equivalent. -- Bacon.
Equipollent (a.) (Logic) Having equivalent signification and reach; expressing the same thing, but differently.
Equipollently (adv.) With equal power.
Equiponderance (n.) Alt. of Equiponderancy
Equiponderancy (n.) Equality of weight; equipoise.
Equiponderant (a.) Being of the same weight.
A column of air . . . equiponderant to a column of quicksilver. -- Locke.
Equiponderate (v. i.) To be equal in weight; to weigh as much as another thing. -- Bp. Wilkins.
Equiponderate (v. t.) To make equal in weight; to counterbalance. "More than equiponderated the declension in that direction." -- De Quincey.
Equiponderous (a.) Having equal weight. -- Bailey.
Equipondious (a.) Of equal weight on both sides; balanced. [Obs.] -- Glanvill.
Equipotential (a.) Having the same potential.
Equipotential surface, A surface for which the potential is for all points of the surface constant. Level surfaces on the earth are equipotential.
Equiradical (a.) Equally radical. [R.] -- Coleridge.
Equirotal (a.) Having wheels of the same size or diameter; having equal rotation. [R.]
Equisetaceous (a.) (Bot.) Belonging to the Equisetace[ae], or Horsetail family.
Equisetiform (a.) (Bot.) Having the form of the equisetum.
Equiseta (n. pl. ) of Equisetum
Equisetum (n.) (Bot.) A genus of vascular, cryptogamic, herbaceous plants; -- also called horsetails.
Note: The Equiseta have hollow jointed stems and no true leaves. The cuticle often contains siliceous granules, so that one species ({E. hyemale) is used for scouring and polishing, under the name of Dutch rush or scouring rush.
Equisetum (n.) Horsetails; coextensive with the family Equisetaceae [syn: Equisetum, genus Equisetum].
Equisonance (n.) (Mus.) An equal sounding; the consonance of the unison and its octaves.
Equisonant (a.) Of the same or like sound.
Equitable (a.) 公平的，公正的 Possessing or exhibiting equity; according to natural right or natural justice; marked by a due consideration for what is fair, unbiased, or impartial; just; as an equitable decision; an equitable distribution of an estate; equitable men.
No two . . . had exactly the same notion of what was equitable. -- Macaulay.
Equitable (a.) (Law) That can be sustained or made available or effective in a court of equity, or upon principles of equity jurisprudence; as, an equitable estate; equitable assets, assignment, mortgage, etc. -- Abbott.
Syn: Just; fair; reasonable; right; honest; impartial; candid; upright.
Equitable (a.) Fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience; "equitable treatment of all citizens"; "an equitable distribution of gifts among the children" [syn: {equitable}, {just}] [ant: {inequitable}, {unjust}].
Equitableness (n.) 公正；正當 The quality of being equitable, just, or impartial; as, the equitableness of a judge, a decision, or distribution of property.
Equitably (adv.) In an equitable manner; justly; as, the laws should be equitably administered.
Equitably (adv.) In an equitable manner; "the inheritance was equitably divided among the sisters" [ant: inequitably].
Equitancy (n.) Horsemanship.
Equitant (a.) Mounted on, or sitting upon, a horse; riding on horseback.
Equitant (a.) (Bot.) Overlapping each other; -- said of leaves whose bases are folded so as to overlap and bestride the leaves within or above them, as in the iris.
Equitation (n.) A riding, or the act of riding, on horseback; horsemanship.
The pretender to equitation mounted. -- W. Irving.
Equitemporaneous (a.) Contemporaneous. [Obs.] -- Boyle.
Equites (n. pl.) An order of knights holding a middle place between the senate and the commonalty; members of the Roman equestrian order.
Equities (n. pl. ) of Equity
Equity (n.) Equality of rights; natural justice or right; the giving, or desiring to give, to each man his due, according to reason, and the law of God to man; fairness in determination of conflicting claims; impartiality.
Christianity secures both the private interests of men and the public peace, enforcing all justice and equity. -- Tillotson.
Equity (n.) (Law) An equitable claim; an equity of redemption; as, an equity to a settlement, or wife's equity, etc.
I consider the wife's equity to be too well settled to be shaken. -- Kent.
Equity (n.) (Law) A system of jurisprudence, supplemental to law, properly so called, and complemental of it.
Equity had been gradually shaping itself into a refined science which no human faculties could master without long and intense application. -- Macaulay.
Note: Equitable jurisprudence in England and in the United States grew up from the inadequacy of common-law forms to secure justice in all cases; and this led to distinct courts by which equity was applied in the way of injunctions, bills of discovery, bills for specified performance, and other processes by which the merits of a case could be reached more summarily or more effectively than by common-law suits. By the recent English Judicature Act (1873), however, the English judges are bound to give effect, in common-law suits, to all equitable rights and remedies; and when the rules of equity and of common law, in any particular case, conflict, the rules of equity are to prevail. In many jurisdictions in the United States, equity and common law are thus blended; in others distinct equity tribunals are still maintained. See Chancery.
Equity of redemption (Law), The advantage, allowed to a mortgageor, of a certain or reasonable time to redeem lands mortgaged, after they have been forfeited at law by the nonpayment of the sum of money due on the mortgage at the appointed time. -- Blackstone.
Syn: Right; justice; impartiality; rectitude; fairness; honesty; uprightness. See Justice.
Equity (n.) The difference between the market value of a property and the claims held against it.
Equity (n.) The ownership interest of shareholders in a corporation.
Equity (n.) Conformity with rules or standards; "the judge recognized the fairness of my claim" [syn: fairness, equity] [ant: inequity, unfairness].
Equivalence (v. t.) To be equivalent or equal to; to counterbalance. [R.] -- Sir T. Browne.
Equivalence (n.) The condition of being equivalent or equal; equality of worth, value, signification, or force; as, an equivalence of definitions.
Equivalence (n.) Equal power or force; equivalent amount.
Equivalence (n.) (Chem.) The quantity of the combining power of an atom, expressed in hydrogen units; the number of hydrogen atoms can combine with, or be exchanged for; valency. See Valence.
Equivalence (n.) (Chem.) The degree of combining power as determined by relative weight. See Equivalent, n., 2. [R.]
Equivalence (n.) A state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced; "on a par with the best" [syn: equality, equivalence, equation, par].
Equivalence (n.) Essential equality and interchangeability [ant: nonequivalence].
Equivalence (n.) Qualities that are comparable; "no comparison between the two books"; "beyond compare" [syn: comparison, compare, equivalence, comparability].
Equivalency (n.) Same as Equivalence.
Equivalent (a.) Equal in worth or value, force, power, effect, import, and the like; alike in significance and value; of the same import or meaning.
For now to serve and to minister, servile and ministerial, are terms equivalent. -- South.
Equivalent (a.) (Geom.) Equal in measure but not admitting of superposition; -- applied to magnitudes; as, a square may be equivalent to a triangle.
Equivalent (a.) (Geol.) Contemporaneous in origin; as, the equivalent strata of different countries.
Equivalent (n.) Something equivalent; that which is equal in value, worth, weight, or force; as, to offer an equivalent for damage done.
He owned that, if the Test Act were repealed, the Protestants were entitled to some equivalent. . . . During some weeks the word equivalent, then lately imported from France, was in the mouths of all the coffeehouse orators. -- Macaulay.
Equivalent (n.) (Chem.) That comparative quantity by weight of an element which possesses the same chemical value as other elements, as determined by actual experiment and reference to the same standard. Specifically:
Equivalent (n.) (Chem.) The comparative proportions by which one element replaces another in any particular compound; thus, as zinc replaces hydrogen in hydrochloric acid, their equivalents are 32.5 and 1.
Equivalent (n.) (Chem.) The combining proportion by weight of a substance, or the number expressing this proportion, in any particular compound; as, the equivalents of hydrogen and oxygen in water are respectively 1 and 8, and in hydric dioxide 1 and 16.
Note: This term was adopted by Wollaston to avoid using the conjectural expression atomic weight, with which, however, for a time it was practically synonymous. The attempt to limit the term to the meaning of a universally comparative combining weight failed, because of the possibility of several compounds of the substances by reason of the variation in combining power which most elements exhibit. The equivalent was really identical with, or a multiple of submultiple of, the atomic weight.
Equivalent (n.) (Chem.) A combining unit, whether an atom, a radical, or a molecule; as, in acid salt two or more equivalents of acid unite with one or more equivalents of base.
Mechanical equivalent of heat (Physics), Originally defined as the number of units of work which the unit of heat can perform, equivalent to the mechanical energy which must be expended to raise the temperature of a pound of water one degree Fahrenheit; later this value was defined as one British thermal unit (B.t.u). Its value was found by Joule to be 772 foot pounds; later measurements give the value as 777.65 foot-pounds, equivalent to 107.5 kg-meters. This value was originally called Joule's equivalent, but the modern Joule is defined differently, being 10^{7 ergs. The B.t.u. is now given as 1,054.35 absolute Joules, and therefore 1 calorie (the amount of heat needed to raise one gram of water one degree centigrade) is equivalent to 4.186 Joules.
Note: The original definition of the Mechanical equivalent of heat in the 1913 Webster was as below. The difference between foot pounds and kilogram-meters ("on the centigrade scale") is puzzling as it should be a factor of 7.23, and the figure given for kilogram-meters may be a mistaken misinterpretation of the report. -- PJC: The number of units of work which the unit of heat can perform; the mechanical energy which must be expended to raise the temperature of a unit weight of water from 0[deg] C. to 1[deg] C., or from 32[deg] F. to 33[deg] F. The term was introduced by Dr. Mayer of Heilbronn. Its value was found by Joule to be 1390 foot pounds upon the Centigrade, or 772 foot pounds upon the Fahrenheit, thermometric scale, whence it is often called Joule's equivalent, and represented by the symbol J. This is equal to 424 kilogram meters (Centigrade scale). A more recent determination by Professor Rowland gives the value 426.9 kilogram meters, for the latitude of Baltimore.
Equivalent (v. t.) To make the equivalent to; to equal; equivalence. [R.]
Equivalent (a.) Being essentially equal to something; "it was as good as gold"; "a wish that was equivalent to a command"; "his statement was tantamount to an admission of guilt" [syn: equivalent, tantamount(p)].
Equivalent (a.) A person or thing equal to another in value or measure or force or effect or significance etc; "send two dollars or the equivalent in stamps".
Equivalent (a.) The atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element; the standard is 8 for oxygen [syn: equivalent, equivalent weight, combining weight, eq].
Equivalently (adv.) In an equal manner.
Equivalue (v. t.) To put an equal value upon; to put (something) on a par with another thing. -- W. Taylor. Equivalve
Equivalve (a.) Alt. of Equivalved
Equivalve, Equivalved (a.) (Zo["o]l.) Having the valves equal in size and from, as in most bivalve shells.