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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024e•qua•tion /ɪˈkweɪʒən/USA pronunciation n. - Mathematics[countable] an expression or a proposition in mathematics or logic, stating that two quantities are equal.
See -equa-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024e•qua•tion (i kwā′zhən, -shən),USA pronunciation n. - the act of equating or making equal;
equalization:the symbolic equation of darkness with death. - equally balanced state;
equilibrium. - Mathematicsan expression or a proposition, often algebraic, asserting the equality of two quantities.
- Chemistrya symbolic representation showing the kind and amount of the starting materials and products of a reaction.
- Latin aequātiōn- (stem of aequātiō) an equalizing. See equate, -ion
- Middle English 1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: equation /ɪˈkweɪʒən -ʃən/ n - a mathematical statement that two expressions are equal: it is either an identity in which the variables can assume any value, or a conditional equation in which the variables have only certain values (roots)
- the act of regarding as equal; equating
- the state of being equal, equivalent, or equally balanced
- a situation or problem in which a number of factors need to be considered
- See chemical equation
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