Dictionary entry

EQUABLE

Webster's Dictionary 1828

E'QUABLE, adjective [Latin oequabilis, from oequus, equal, even, oeguo, to equal, to level.]

1. Equal and uniform at all times, as motion. An equable motion continues the same in degree of velocity, neither accelerated nor retarded.

2. Even; smooth; having a uniform surface or form; as an equable glove or plain.