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equidifferent, a.|iːkwɪˈdɪfərənt|
Also 8 æquidifferent.
[f. equi- + different.]
1. Having equal differences; arithmetically proportional.
1695Halley Easy Demonstr. Log. Tangents in Misc. Cur. (1708) II. 31 The Secants of æquidifferent Arches. 1827Hutton Course Math. I. 227 A Series of equidifferent Terms.
2. Said of a crystal in which the numbers of the faces presented severally by the prism and by each summit, form a series in arithmetical progression, as 6, 4, 2.
1817R. Jameson Char. Min. 208 Equidifferent basaltic hornblend is a six-sided prism. |