"Equal" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
Alike; uniform; on the same plane or level with respect to efficiency
Bearing a suitable relation; of just proportion; having
competent power, abilities, or means; adequate; as, he is not equal to
the task.
Agreeing in quantity, size, quality, degree, value, etc.;
having the same magnitude, the same value, the same degree, etc.; --
applied to number, degree, quantity, and intensity, and to any subject
which admits of them; neither inferior nor superior, greater nor less,
better nor worse; corresponding; alike; as, equal quantities of land,
water, etc. ; houses of equal size; persons of equal stature or
talents; commodities of equal value.
Evenly balanced; not unduly inclining to either side;
characterized by fairness; unbiased; impartial; equitable; just.
Intended for voices of one kind only, either all male or all
female; -- opposed to mixed.
To be or become equal to; to have the same quantity, the
same value, the same degree or rank, or the like, with; to be
commen/urate with.
One not inferior or superior to another; one having the same
or a similar age, rank, station, office, talents, strength, or other
quality or condition; an equal quantity or number; as, \"If equals be
taken from equals the remainders are equal.\"
State of being equal; equality.
Not variable; equable; uniform; even; as, an equal movement.
Exactly agreeing with respect to quantity.
Of the same interest or concern; indifferent.
To make equal return to; to recompense fully.
To make equal or equal to; to equalize; hence, to compare
or regard as equals; to put on equality.
Kitai blinked slowly. "Why would you use the same word for these things? That is ridiculous.""We have a lot of words like that," Tavi said. "They can mean more than one thing.""That is stupid," Kitai said. "It is difficult enough to communicate without making it more complicated with words that mean more than one thing.
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Of each; an equal quantity; as, wine and honey, ana (or, contracted, aa), / ij., that is, of wine and …
Read the complete definitionbáta v [A; a] divide into equal groups or portions for sale. Batáha sa dúsi ka bugkus ang kamunggay, Divide …
Read the complete definitionIn old English law. A quantity of wool, whereof thirty make a sarplar. (The latter is equal to 2,240 pounds …
Read the complete definitionA second quantity added to a given quantity to make it equal to a third given quantity.
Read the complete definitionThe quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a floating body, as by a ship, the weight of the displaced …
Read the complete definitionTo increase by adding an equal number, quantity, length, value, or the like; multiply by two; to double a sum …
Read the complete definitionA sufficiency; a quantity which satisfies desire, is adequate to the want, or is equal to the power or ability; …
Read the complete definitionThe condition or quality of being equal; agreement in quantity or degree as compared; likeness in bulk, value, rank, properties, …
Read the complete definitionExact agreement between two expressions or magnitudes with respect to quantity; -- denoted by the symbol =; thus, a = …
Read the complete definitionAn expression of the condition of equality between two algebraic quantities or sets of quantities, the sign = being placed …
Read the complete definitionA mutual grant of equal interests, the one in consideration of the other. Estates exchanged must be equal in quantity, …
Read the complete definitiongántang - A "ganta”, a quantity equal to 1/25 of a "pásong”—bushel.
Read the complete definitionPertaining to the reception or the giving out of equal quantities of heat by a substance.
Read the complete definitionA number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack; hence, a multitude; a burden.
Read the complete definitionAn equal constituent portion; one of several or many like quantities, numbers, etc., into which anything is divided, or of …
Read the complete definitionOne of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a …
Read the complete definitionpisáda - (Sp. pesada) A quantity weighed at a time; one weight of sugar or one picul equal to 63.26 …
Read the complete definitionA kind of rich, sweet cake; -- so called from the ingredients being used by pounds, or in equal quantities.
Read the complete definitionThe equality or similarity of ratios, especially of geometrical ratios; or a relation among quantities such that the quotient of …
Read the complete definitionLat. In Roman law. The fourth part; the quarter of any number, measure, or quantity. Hence an heir to the …
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