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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Equate \E*quate"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Equated}; p. pr & vb n. {Equating}.] [L. aequatus p. p. of aequare to make level or equal, fr aequus level, equal. See {Equal}.] To make equal; to reduce to an average; to make such an allowance or correction in as will reduce to a common standard of comparison; to reduce to mean time or motion; as to equate payments; to equate lines of railroad for grades or curves; equated distances. Palgrave gives both scrolle and scrowe and equates both to F[rench] rolle. --Skeat (Etymol. Dict. ). {Equating for grades} (Railroad Engin.), adding to the measured distance one mile for each twenty feet of ascent. {Equating for curves}, adding half a mile for each 360 degrees of curvature. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: equate v 1: consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous; "We can compare the Han dynasty to the Romans" [syn: {compare}, {liken}] 2: be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics [syn: {correspond}]
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