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equate

verb, noun — 3 senses

equate

verb

UK /ɪˈkweɪt/

Etymology From Middle English equaten, from Latin aequātus, perfect passive participle of aequō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

1

To consider equal or equivalent (to or with).

  • Coordinate term: correspond
2

Mathematics, Sciences To set as equal.

  • Mr. Hoyle, who does not believe many multiple-unit diesel services on secondary routes will resist for ever the road transport challenge, would forgo passenger traffic altogether on a little-used route in order to improve the quality of the freight working and reduce its costs by equating the average speed of all trains on the line concerned.1960 February, “Talking of Trains”, in Trains Illustrated, page 67:
Antonyms
differentiate
Derived terms
coequate, equatable, equative, unequated
Related terms
equation, conflate

equate

noun

Etymology From Middle English equaten, from Latin aequātus, perfect passive participle of aequō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

1

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Programming, Sciences A statement in assembly language that defines a symbol having a particular value.

  • The first section of the program includes the system equates.2005, Arnold S. Berger, Hardware and Computer Organization, page 220:
  • The following equates define the stats byte […]2009, Saifullah Khalid, Neetu Agrawal, Microprocessor System, page 256:
1 more example
  • You can learn much about user routines, labels, displacements, equates (EQU) and so on, by modifying this program and observing the results on the screen.2012, J. S. Anderson, Microprocessor Technology, page 221:

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