Dictionary

equation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /-ʃən/ (Received-Pronunciation) conservative
• /ɪˈkweɪ.ʒən/ (Canada, General-American)
• /ɪˈkwæɪ.ʒən/ (Australia)
• /əˈkwæɪ.ʒən/ (New-Zealand)
• /ɪˈkweɪ.ʒən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology

From Old French, from Latin aequātiō (“an equalizing”). Morphologically equate + -ion

Meanings

1. The act or process of equating two or more things, or the state of those things being equal (that is, identical).
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   • We need to bring the balance of power into equation
2. An assertion that two expressions are equal, expressed by writing the two expressions separated by an equal sign; in mathematical problems, equations describe various essential aspects of the problem, each of which contributes to the resolution of the problem in part.
3. A small correction to observed values to remove the effects of systematic errors in an observation.

Forms

Deriveds

differential equation · Pell-Fermat equation · Young-Laplace equation · Steinmetz's equation · absolute personal equation · Pell equation · Schrodinger equation · Yang-Baxter equation · MOJS equation · Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation · Legendre's differential equation · Laplace's equation · Schrödinger equation · Riccati equation · Lanchester equation · wave equation · sine-Gordon equation · Lagrange's equations · Lagrange's equation · half-equation · Diophantine equation · Navier-Stokes equation · time-independent Schrödinger equation · Arrhenius equation · Price's equation · rate equation · Bernoulli's equation · equation division · Poiseuille equation · Cauchy-Riemann equation · net ionic equation · equation clock · algebraic equation · quadratic equation · linear equation · Gibbs-Helmholtz equation · Lotka-Volterra equation · equationist · Henderson-Hasselbalch equation · Cassie equation · HJB equation · light equation · Ernst equation · difference equation · van der Waals equation of state · Volterra integral equation · Laguerre's equation · Wheeler-DeWitt equation · Van der Waals equation · accounting equation · Hall-Petch equation · Hagen-Poiseuille equation · equationlike · Fermat equation · affected equation · van der Waals equation · Price equation · Penman equation · chemical equation · Chazy equation · Sylvester equation · Hartree equation · delay differential equation · time-average equation · Flory-Fox equation · polynomial equation · enter into the equation · cubic equation · Schroedinger's equation · integral equation · equation of motion · generalized estimating equation · Drake equation · Ornstein-Zernike equation · Cartesian equation · Ehrenfest equation · d'Alembert's equation · enter the equation · Weingarten equation · Airy equation · Michaelis-Menten equation · equation of time · Dirac equation · equationism · Gauss-Codazzi equation · subequation · nonequation · Lindley equation · partial differential equation · stochastic differential equation · Duffing equation · power equation · Bellman equation · Manning's equation · Schroedinger equation · Einstein field equation · Kepler's equation · Pell's equation · Schrödinger's equation · Schrödinger's wave equation · Hamilton-Jacobi equation · Nernst equation · rocket equation · eigenequation · Boltzmann equation · Morison equation · Gibbs-Thomson equation · Euler-Lagrange equation · Lewin's equation · Sturm-Liouville equation · Slutsky equation · parametric equation · OZ equation · Schrodinger's equation · balance sheet equation · exponential equation · ordinary differential equation · polar equation · personal equation

Relateds

equality · equational · identity · inequation · inequality

Synonyms

equivalence · equating

Translations (89)

ps معادله (mathematics: assertion) · lt lygtis (mathematics: assertion) · pt equação (mathematics: assertion) · hi समीकरण (mathematics: assertion) · nl vergelijking (mathematics: assertion) · de Gleichung (mathematics: assertion) · sh једна̀џба (mathematics: assertion) · kk теңдеу (mathematics: assertion) · bn সমীকরণ (mathematics: assertion) · mr समीकरण (mathematics: assertion) · sv ekvation (mathematics: assertion) · ja 方程式 (mathematics: assertion) · ms persamaan (mathematics: assertion) · nb likning (mathematics: assertion) · sl enačba (mathematics: assertion) · sq ekuacion (mathematics: assertion) · fa معادله (mathematics: assertion) · qu paqtachani (mathematics: assertion) · sh jednàdžba (mathematics: assertion) · ga cothromóid (mathematics: assertion) · is jafna (mathematics: assertion) · az tənlik (mathematics: assertion) · ne समीकरण (mathematics: assertion) · ta சமன்பாடு (mathematics: assertion) · la aequatio (mathematics: assertion) · nap equazzione (mathematics: assertion) · he משוואה \ מִשְׁוָאָה (mathematics: assertion) · tr denklem (mathematics: assertion) · my ညီမျှခြင်း (mathematics: assertion) · sk rovnica (mathematics: assertion) · es ecuación (mathematics: assertion) · hy հավասարում (mathematics: assertion) · it equazione (mathematics: assertion) · ca equació (mathematics: assertion) · cs rovnice (mathematics: assertion) · eu ekuazio (mathematics: assertion) · om qixxaatoo (mathematics: assertion) · et võrrand (mathematics: assertion) · ka გასწორება (mathematics: assertion) · id persamaan (mathematics: assertion) · ckb ھاوکێشە (mathematics: assertion) · ko 방정식 (mathematics: assertion) · sh jednàčina (mathematics: assertion) · sw mlinganyo (mathematics: assertion) · io equaciono (mathematics: assertion) · af vergelyking (mathematics: assertion) · de Ausgleich (act or process of equating two or more things, or the state of those things being equal) · az təngləxmə (mathematics: assertion) · pl równanie (mathematics: assertion) · tt тигезләмә (mathematics: assertion) · fr équation (astronomy: correction) · lv vienādojums (mathematics: assertion) · cmn 方程式 (mathematics: assertion) · fo líkning (mathematics: assertion) · lo ສົມມະການ (mathematics: assertion) · da ligning (mathematics: assertion) · vi phương trình (mathematics: assertion) · de Gleichgewicht (act or process of equating two or more things, or the state of those things being equal) · ar مُعَادَلَة (mathematics: assertion) · sh једна̀чина (mathematics: assertion) · yi גלייכונג (mathematics: assertion) · ky теңдеме (mathematics: assertion) · ru уравне́ние (mathematics: assertion) · ml സമവാക്യം (mathematics: assertion) · bg уравне́ние (mathematics: assertion) · fi yhtälö (mathematics: assertion) · kmr hevkêşe (mathematics: assertion) · ro ecuație (mathematics: assertion) · th สมการ (mathematics: assertion) · fr équation (mathematics: assertion) · mn тэгшитгэл (mathematics: assertion) · hu kiegyenlítés (astronomy: correction) · be раўна́нне (mathematics: assertion) · kl assigiissitaq (mathematics: assertion) · mi whārite (mathematics: assertion) · tl tumbasan (mathematics: assertion) · lo ສົມຜົນ (mathematics: assertion) · mk равенка (mathematics: assertion) · eo ekvacio (mathematics: assertion) · uz tenglama (mathematics: assertion) · ur مساوات (mathematics: assertion) · cmn 方程 (mathematics: assertion) · km សមីការ (mathematics: assertion) · tg муодила (mathematics: assertion) · hu egyenlet (mathematics: assertion) · uk рівня́ння (mathematics: assertion) · lo ສົມການ (mathematics: assertion) · ug تەڭلىمە (mathematics: assertion) · el εξίσωση (mathematics: assertion)