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<p><b>3.</b> <def>To be equal to; equal; to match.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>It could not <b>equalize</b> the hundredth part Of what her eyes have kindled in my heart. <i>Waller.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Equalizing bar</col> <fld>(Railroad Mach.)</fld>, <cd>a lever connecting two axle boxes, or two springs in a car truck or locomotive, to equalize the pressure on the axles.</cd></cs>

<h1>Equalizer</h1> <Xpage=504>

<hw>E"qual*i`zer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, equalizes anything.</def>

<h1>Equally</h1> <Xpage=504>

<hw>E"qual*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an equal manner or degree in equal shares or proportion; with equal and impartial justice; without difference; alike; evenly; justly; <as>as, <ex>equally</ex> taxed, furnished, etc.</as></def>

<h1>Equalness</h1> <Xpage=504>

<hw>E"qual*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Equality; evenness.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Equangular</h1> <Xpage=504>

<hw>E*quan"gu*lar</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Equiangular</er>.]</ety> <def>Having equal angles; equiangular.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<h1>Equanimity</h1> <Xpage=504>

<hw>E`qua*nim"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>aequanimitas</ets>, fr. <ets>aequanimus</ets>: cf. F. <ets>\'82quanimit\'82</ets>. See <er>Equanimous</er>.]</ety> <def>Evenness of mind; that calm temper or firmness of mind which is not easily elated or depressed; patience; calmness; composure; <as>as, to bear misfortunes with <ex>equanimity</ex></as>.</def>

<h1>Equanimous</h1> <Xpage=504>

<hw>E*quan"i*mous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>aequanimus</ets>, fr. <ets>aequus</ets> equal + <ets>animus</ets> mind.]</ety> <def>Of an even, composed frame of mind; of a steady temper; not easily elated or depressed.</def>

<i>Bp. Gauden.</i>

<h1>Equant</h1> <Xpage=504>

<hw>E"quant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>aequans</ets>, <ets>-antis</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>aequare</ets>: cf. F. <ets>\'82quant</ets>. See <er>Equate</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Ptolemaic Astron.)</fld> <def>A circle around whose circumference a planet or the center of ann epicycle was conceived to move uniformly; -- called also <altname>eccentric equator</altname>.</def>

<h1>Equate</h1> <Xpage=504>

<hw>E*quate"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Equated</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Equating</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>aequatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>aequare</ets> to make level or equal, fr. <ets>aequus</ets> level, equal. See <er>Equal</er>.]</ety> <def>To make equal; to reduce to an average; to make such an allowance or correction in as will reduce to a common standard of comparison; to reduce to mean time or motion; <as>as, to <ex>equate</ex> payments; to <ex>equate</ex> lines of railroad for grades or curves; <ex>equated</ex> distances.</as></def>

<blockquote>Palgrave gives both scrolle and scrowe and <b>equates</b> both to F[rench] rolle. <i>Skeat (Etymol. Dict. ).</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Equating for grades</col> <fld>(Railroad Engin.)</fld>, <cd>adding to the measured distance one mile for each twenty feet of ascent.</cd> -- <col>Equating for curves</col>, <cd>adding half a mile for each 360 degrees of curvature.</cd></cs>

<h1>Equation</h1> <Xpage=504>

<hw>E*qua"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>aequatio</ets> an equalizing: cf. F. <ets>\'82quation</ets> equation. See <er>Equate</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A making equal; equal division; equality; equilibrium.</def>

<blockquote>Again the golden day resumed its right, And ruled in just <b>equation</b> with the night. <i>Rowe.</i></blockquote>