equationnoun
uk/ɪˈkweɪ.ʒən/us/ɪˈkweɪ.ʒən/equation noun (STATEMENT)
C1 [ C ] a mathematical statement in which you show that two amounts are equal using mathematical symbols:
[ C ] also chemical equation a statement containing chemical symbols, used to show the changes that happen during a particular chemical reaction
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Calculations & calculating
- aggregate
- algorithm
- amount
- amount to sth
- average
- come to sth
- commutative
- computational
- compute
- equate
- figure
- get/have your sums right/wrong idiom
- grand total
- guesstimate
- instantaneous velocity
- miscalculate
- projected
- put
- put sth at sth
- result
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equation noun (COMPLEX SITUATION)
[ C usually singular ] a difficult problem that can only be understood if all the different influences are considered:
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Difficult things and people
- a (heavy) cross to bear idiom
- a bitter pill (to swallow) idiom
- a hard/tough nut to crack idiom
- albatross
- bane
- chill
- handicap
- headache
- hiccup
- hot potato
- impediment
- job
- labyrinth
- liability
- nut
- the chill wind of sth idiom
- the hard way idiom
- the sharp end
- the/a devil of a sth idiom
- thorn in your flesh/side idiom
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equation noun (SAME)
[ U ] the act of considering one thing to be the same as or equal to another:
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Linking and relating
- affiliated
- AL
- appertain to sth
- applicable
- apply
- associate
- associated
- bond
- connection
- context
- interconnected
- interplay
- interrelate
- interrelationship
- kindred
- tar sb with the same brush idiom
- the same/that goes for sb/sth idiom
- tie (sth) in
- tie-in
- tie-up
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