<B>equiponderant, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of equal weight or importance; evenly balanced. </DL>
<A NAME="equiponderate">
<B>equiponderate, </B>verb, <B>-ated,</B> <B>-ating.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> to equal or offset asto power, weight, force, effect, importance, or significance; counterbalance. <DD><I>v.i. </I> to be of equal power, weight, force, effect, importance, or significance. </DL>
<A NAME="equipotent">
<B>equipotent, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> equal in power. </DL>
<A NAME="equipotential">
<B>equipotential, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(Physics.) possessing the same or equal potential. <BR> <I>Ex. The potential distribution in an electric field may be represented graphically by equipotential surfaces (Sears and Zemansky).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Obsolete.) of equal power or authority. </DL>
<A NAME="equipotentiality">
<B>equipotentiality, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the quality or condition of being equipotential. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Psychology.) the principle that certain small areas of the brain can take on the function of larger, related areas that have been destroyed. </DL>
<A NAME="equipper">
<B>equipper, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who equips. </DL>
<A NAME="equiprobabilism">
<B>equiprobabilism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Theology.) the opinion or belief that where the reasons for either of two opposed courses of action are equally balanced, one may use his liberty to follow either. </DL>
<A NAME="equiprobability">
<B>equiprobability, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the quality or fact of being equally probable. </DL>
<A NAME="equiprobable">
<B>equiprobable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> equally probable or likely to occur. <BR> <I>Ex. The human operator can take about 20 binary decisions a second, or choose between about one million equiprobable alternatives (Science Journal).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="equirotal">
<B>equirotal, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having the front and rear wheels of the same size or diameter, especially on a vehicle. </DL>
<A NAME="equisetaceous">
<B>equisetaceous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> belonging to the family of plants typified by the horsetail. </DL>
<A NAME="equisetum">
<B>equisetum, </B>noun, pl. <B>-tums,</B> <B>-ta.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a genus of flowerless plants with jointed, green, cylindrical stems, either simple or branched, rough to the touch, and having scalelike leaves at each joint; horsetail. In a former geological period some equisetums grew in great, treelike forms. </DL>
<A NAME="equitable">
<B>equitable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>fair; just. <BR> <I>Ex. It is equitable to pay a man or woman the same good wages for work well done.</I> (SYN) right, reasonable. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Law.) having to do with or dependent upon equity; valid in equity, as distinguished from common law and statute law. noun <B>equitableness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="equitably">
<B>equitably, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in an equitable manner; fairly; justly; impartially. </DL>
<A NAME="equitant">
<B>equitant, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Botany.) overlapping, as certain leaves whose bases successively overlap the leaves above or within them, such as those of the iris. </DL>
<B>equites, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> in Roman history: <DD><B> 1. </B>(originally) the body of citizens comprising the cavalry. <DD><B> 2. </B>(later) a privileged class of citizens. </DL>
<A NAME="equity">
<B>equity, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ties.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>fairness; justice. <BR> <I>Ex. The judge was noted for the equity of his decisions.</I> (SYN) impartiality. <DD><B> 2. </B>what is fair and just. <BR> <I>Ex. In all equity, he should pay for the damage he did.</I> (SYN) justice, right. <DD><B> 3a. </B>a system of rules and principles as to what is fair or just. Equity supplements common law and statute law in the United States and the Commonwealth by covering cases in which fairness and justice require a settlement not covered by the common law. In the United States, law and equity are usually administered by the same court. <DD><B> b. </B>a claim or right according to equity. <DD><B> c. </B>fairness in the adjustment of conflicting interests. <DD><B> d. </B><B>=equity of redemption.</B> <DD><B> 4a. </B>the amount that a property is worth beyond what is owed on it. <DD><B> b. </B>a share in the ownership of a business; stock. <BR> <I>Ex. Leading industrial equities were fairly firm on selective demand today, although the best prices were not always maintained (New York Times).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="equitycapital">
<B>equity capital,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the funds in a business which have been invested by the owners and not loaned by others. <DD><B> 2. </B>any security or stock representing ownership in a business. </DL>
<A NAME="equityofredemption">
<B>equity of redemption,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the privilege extended to the mortgager of redeeming the mortgaged property by payment of mortgage and interest even after his default. </DL>
<A NAME="equiv">
<B>equiv.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> equivalent. </DL>
<A NAME="equivalence">
<B>equivalence, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the condition of being equivalent; equality in value, force, power, weight, effect, importance, or significance. <BR> <I>Ex. Einstein's recognition of the equivalence of mass and energy should prove an invaluable guide in the exploration of atomic phenomena (Scientific American).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Chemistry.) <DD><B> a. </B>the quality of having equal valence. <DD><B> b. </B><B>=valence.</B> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Geometry.) the fact of being equal in extent, but not in form. </DL>
<A NAME="equivalencepoint">
<B>equivalence point,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a condition in which the substances required for a chemical reaction are all present in precisely the amounts required for a complete reaction. </DL>
<B>equivalent, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>equal; the same in value, measure, force, effect, meaning, power, importance, or significance. <BR> <I>Ex. Nodding your head is equivalent to saying yes.</I> (SYN) tantamount. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Geometry.) equal in extent, but not having the same form. <BR> <I>Ex. A triangle and a square of equal area are equivalent.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Chemistry.) equal in combining or reacting value to a (stated) quantity of another substance. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Obsolete.) equal in power, rank, authority, efficacy, or excellence. <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>something equal in value or worth. <BR> <I>Ex. Five pennies are the equivalent of a nickel. Pay me for the suit or give me its equivalent in trade at your store.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a word, expression, sign, or the like, of equal meaning or import. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Chemistry.) <DD><B> a. </B>equality in combining value to a (stated) quantity of another substance. <DD><B> b. </B><B>=equivalent weight.</B> adv. <B>equivalently.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="equivalentprinciple">
<B>equivalent principle,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (in Einsteinian physics) the principle that mass and energy are related by a specified conversion factor and are measures of the same physical quantity. </DL>
<A NAME="equivalentsets">
<B>equivalent sets,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Mathematics.) sets that have the same number of members and which can be put into a one-to-one correspondence with each other. If the number of desks in a classroom is the same as the number of students, the set of desks and the set of students are equivalent sets. </DL>
<A NAME="equivalentweight">
<B>equivalent weight,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Chemistry.) the weight of a substance which will combine with or can replace one-half gram atom of oxygen or one gram atom of hydrogen; the atomic weight divided by the valence; combining weight. <BR> <I>Ex. An equivalent weight of one element will react with exactly one equivalent weight of any other element with which it is capable of combining, or it will liberate one equivalent weight of any element which it is active enough to displace (W. N. Jones).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="equivalve">
<B>equivalve, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> (Zoology.) having both valves alike in shape and size. <DD><I>noun </I> a bivalve mollusk with both valves alike. </DL>
<A NAME="equivocal">
<B>equivocal, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>having two or more meanings; ambiguous. <BR> <I>Ex. His equivocal answer was so vague that we could not tell what his real opinion was.</I> (SYN) doubtful. <DD><B> 2. </B>undecided; uncertain. <BR> <I>Ex. Nothing was decided because the result of the experiment was equivocal.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>rousing suspicion; questionable. <BR> <I>Ex. There was something equivocal about his long and secret trips.</I> (SYN) dubious, suspicious. adv. <B>equivocally.</B> noun <B>equivocalness.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="equivocality">
<B>equivocality, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ties.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the quality or condition of being equivocal. <DD><B> 2. </B>something equivocal; an equivoque. </DL>
<A NAME="equivocate">
<B>equivocate, </B>intransitive verb, <B>-cated,</B> <B>-cating.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>to use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead. <BR> <I>Ex. When asked if he had finished his arithmetic, he equivocated by saying, "I was working on that an hour ago."</I> (SYN) quibble. <DD><B> 2. </B>to lie consciously; prevaricate. adv. <B>equivocatingly.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="equivocation">
<B>equivocation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the use of expressions with double meaning in order to mislead. <DD><B> 2. </B>an equivocal expression. <DD><B> 3. </B>conscious lying; prevarication. <DD><B> 4. </B>(Logic.) a fallacy depending on the double significance of a word. </DL>
<A NAME="equivocator">
<B>equivocator, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who equivocates. </DL>
<A NAME="equivocatory">
<B>equivocatory, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> characterized by equivocation. </DL>
<A NAME="equivoque">
<B>equivoque</B> or <B>equivoke, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an expression capable of more than one meaning; a play upon words, often of a humorous nature; pun. <DD><B> 2. </B>ambiguity of speech. <DD><B> 3. </B><B>=equivocation.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="equulei">
<B>Equulei, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> genitive of <B>Equuleus.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="equuleus">
<B>Equuleus, </B>noun, genitive <B>Equulei.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a northern constellation near Aquila. </DL>
