EQUIDISTANT
EQUIDIS'TANT, adjective [Latin oequus, equal, and distans, distant.]Being at an equal distance from some point or place.
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EQUIDISTANTLY
EQUIDIS'TANTLY, adverb At the same or an equal distance.
EQUIFORMITY
EQUIFORM'ITY, noun [Latin oequus, equal, and forma, form.] Uniform equality.
EQUILATERAL
EQUILAT'ERAL, adjective [Latin oequus, equal, and lateralis, from latus, side.]Having all the sides equal; as an equilateral triangle. A square must necessarily be equilateralEQ...
EQUILIBRATE
EQUILI'BRATE, verb transitive [Latin oequus and libro, to poise.]To balance equally two scales, sides or ends; to keep even with equal weight on each side.The bodies of fishes a...
EQUILIBRATED
EQUILI'BRATED, participle passive Balanced equally on both sides or ends.
EQUILIBRATING
EQUILI'BRATING, participle present tense Balancing equally on both sides or ends.
EQUILIBRATION
EQUILIBRA'TION, noun Equipoise; the act of keeping the balance even, or the state of being equally balanced.Nature's laws of equilibration
EQUILIBRIOUS
EQUILIB'RIOUS, adjective Equally poised.
EQUILIBRIOUSLY
EQUILIB'RIOUSLY, adverb In equal poise.
EQUILIBRIST
EQUIL'IBRIST, noun One that balances equally.
EQUILIBRITY
EQUILIB'RITY, noun [Latin oequilibritas.] The state of being equally balanced; equal balance on both sides; equilibrium; as the theory of equilibrity
EQUILIBRIUM
EQUILIB'RIUM, noun [Latin] In mechanics, equipose; equality of weight; the state of the two ends of a lever or balance, when both are charged with equal weight, and they maintai...
EQUIMULTIPLE
EQUIMUL'TIPLE, adjective [Latin oequus and multiplico or multiplex.]Multiplied by the same number or quantity.EQUIMUL'TIPLE, noun In arithmetic and geometry, a number multiplied...
EQUINE
E'QUINE, adjective [Latin equinus, from equus, a horse.] Pertaining to a horse or to the genus.The shoulders, body, thighs, and mane are equine; the head completely bovine.
EQUINECESSARY
EQUINEC'ESSARY, adjective [Latin oequus and necessary.]Necessary or needful in the same degree.
EQUINOCTIAL
EQUINOC'TIAL, adjective [Latin oequus, equal, and nox, night.]1. Pertaining to the equinoxes; designating an equal length of day and night; as the equinoctial line.2. Pertaining...
EQUINOCTIALLY
EQUINOC'TIALLY, adverb In the direction of the equinox.
EQUINOX
E'QUINOX, noun [Latin oequus, equal, and nox, night.]The precise time when the sun enters one of the equinoctial points, or the first point of Aries, about the 21st of March, an...
EQUINUMERANT
EQUINU'MERANT, adjective [Latin oequus, equal, and numerus, number.]Having or consisting of the same number. [Little used.]
EQUIP
EQUIP', verb transitive1. Properly, to dress; to habit. Hence, to furnish with arms, or a complete suit of arms, for military service. Thus we say, to equip men or troops for wa...
EQUIPAGE
EQ'UIPAGE, noun The furniture of a military man, particularly arms and their appendages.1. The furniture of an army or body of troops, infantry or cavalry; including arms, artil...
EQUIPAGED
EQ'UIPAGED, adjective Furnished with equipage; attended with a splendid retinue.
EQUIPENDENCY
EQUIPEN'DENCY, noun [Latin oequus, equal, and pendeo, to hang.]The act of hanging in equipoise; a being not inclined or determined either way.
EQUIPMENT
EQUIP'MENT, noun The act of equipping, or fitting for a voyage or expedition.1. Any thing that is used in equipping; furniture; habiliments; warlike apparatus; necessaries for a...
EQUIPOISE
E'QUIPOISE, noun s as z. [Latin oequus, equal.] Equality of weight or force; hence, equilibrium; a state in which the two ends or sides of a thing are balanced. Hold the scales ...
EQUIPOLLENCE
EQUIPOL'LENCEEQUIPOL'LENCY, noun [Latin oequus and pollentia, power, polleo, to be able.]1. Equality of power or force.2. In logic, an equivalence between two or more propositio...