Equable

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Equable \E"qua*ble\ (?; 277), a. [L. aequabilis, fr. aequare to
     make level or equal, fr. aequus even, equal. See {Equal}.]
     1. Equal and uniform; continuing the same at different times;
        -- said of motion, and the like; uniform in surface;
        smooth; as, an equable plain or globe.
        [1913 Webster]


  
     2. Uniform in action or intensity; not variable or changing;
        -- said of the feelings or temper.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  equable
       adj 1: not varying; "an equable climate"
       2: not easily irritated; "an equable temper"; "not everyone
          shared his placid temperament"; "remained placid despite
          the repeated delays" [syn: {even-tempered}, {good-tempered},
           {placid}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  62 Moby Thesaurus words for "equable":
     accordant, alike, automatic, balanced, calm, collected, composed,
     consistent, consonant, constant, continuous, cool, correspondent,
     dispassionate, easygoing, equal, equivalent, even, even-tempered,
     flat, homogeneous, immutable, imperturbable, invariable, level,
     level-headed, levelheaded, measured, mechanical, methodic,
     methodical, monolithic, of a piece, ordered, orderly, peaceful,
     persistent, placid, regular, reposeful, robotlike, same, serene,
     smooth, stabile, stable, steadfast, steady, systematic, tranquil,
     unbroken, unchangeable, unchanged, unchanging, undeviating,
     undifferentiated, undiversified, unflappable, uniform, unruffled,
     unvaried, unvarying