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adequation en · NOUN

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin adaequatio, from ad + aequatio.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Equivalence.
2. (countable, uncountable) A change in the meaning of a term depending upon context.
3. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) The act of equalizing; act or result of making adequate; an equivalent.
   • a. 1603, Thomas Barlow, letter to Mr. John Goodwin The principles of logick and natural reason tell us, that there must be a just proportion and adequation between the medium by which we prove, and the conclusion to be proved.

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Deriveds

adequationism