Equal

6 definitions found

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

  aspartame \aspartame\ n.
     1. an artificial sweetener containing an aspartic acid
        peptide, ({C14H18N2O5}); it is 160 times sweeter than
        sucrose (cane sugar) and is used as a calorie-free
        sweetener. Chemically it is
        N-L-[alpha]-aspartyl-L-phenylalanine-1-methyl ester. It is


        sold also under the trade name {Equal}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Equal \E"qual\, a. [L. aequalis, fr. aequus even, equal; akin to
     Skr. ?ka, and perh. to L. unus for older oinos one, E. one.]
     1. 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.
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     2. Bearing a suitable relation; of just proportion; having
        competent power, abilities, or means; adequate; as, he is
        not equal to the task.
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              The Scots trusted not their own numbers as equal to
              fight with the English.               --Clarendon.
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              It is not permitted to me to make my commendations
              equal to your merit.                  --Dryden.
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              Whose voice an equal messenger
              Conveyed thy meaning mild.            --Emerson.
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     3. Not variable; equable; uniform; even; as, an equal
        movement. "An equal temper." --Dryden.
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     4. Evenly balanced; not unduly inclining to either side;
        characterized by fairness; unbiased; impartial; equitable;
        just.
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              Are not my ways equal?                --Ezek. xviii.
                                                    29.
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              Thee, O Jove, no equal judge I deem.  --Spenser.
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              Nor think it equal to answer deliberate reason with
              sudden heat and noise.                --Milton.
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     5. Of the same interest or concern; indifferent.
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              They who are not disposed to receive them may let
              them alone or reject them; it is equal to me.
                                                    --Cheyne.
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     6. (Mus.) Intended for voices of one kind only, either all
        male or all female; -- opposed to {mixed}. [R.]
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     7. (Math.) Exactly agreeing with respect to quantity.
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     {Equal temperament}. (Mus.) See {Temperament}.
  
     Syn: Even; equable; uniform; adequate; proportionate;
          commensurate; fair; just; equitable.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Equal \E"qual\, n.
     1. 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."
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              Those who were once his equals envy and defame him.
                                                    --Addison.
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     2. State of being equal; equality. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Equal \E"qual\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Equaled}or {Equalled}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Equaling} or {Equalling}.]
     1. 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.
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              On me whose all not equals Edward's moiety. --Shak.
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     2. To make equal return to; to recompense fully.
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              Who answered all her cares, and equaled all her
              love.                                 --Dryden.
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     3. To make equal or equal to; to equalize; hence, to compare
        or regard as equals; to put on equality.
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              He would not equal the mind that he found in himself
              to the infinite and incomprehensible. --Berkeley.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  equal
       adj 1: well matched; having the same quantity, value, or measure as
              another; "on equal terms"; "all men are equal before
              the law" [ant: {unequal}]
       2: equal in amount or value; "like amounts"; "equivalent
          amounts"; "the same amount"; "gave one six blows and the
          other a like number"; "an equal number"; "the same number"
          [syn: {like}, {equivalent}, {same}] [ant: {unlike}]
       n : a person who is of equal standing with another in a group
           [syn: {peer}, {match}, {compeer}]
       v 1: be identical or equivalent to; "One dollar equals 1,000
            rubles these days!" [syn: {be}] [ant: {differ}]
       2: be equal to in quality or ability; "Nothing can rival cotton
          for durability"; "Your performance doesn't even touch that
          of your colleagues"; "Her persistence and ambition only
          matches that of her parents" [syn: {touch}, {rival}, {match}]
       3: make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching; "let's
          equalize the duties among all employees in this office";
          "The company matched the discount policy of its
          competitors" [syn: {match}, {equalize}, {equalise}, {equate}]
       [also: {equalling}, {equalled}]

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

  271 Moby Thesaurus words for "equal":
     accord, accordant, agent, agree, aligned, alike, alter ego,
     alternate, alternative, amount to, analogous, analogy, approach,
     at par, au pair, automatic, backup, balance, balanced, be parallel,
     beat, break even, brother, capable of, challenge comparison,
     change, changeable, changeling, coequal, coextend, coextending,
     coextensive, coincident, coincidental, coinciding, collateral,
     colleague, come to, come up to, commensurable, commensurate,
     commutable, commutative, comparable, compare, comparison, compeer,
     competitor, concurrent, congruent, congruous, consistent,
     consonant, constant, continuous, convertible, coordinate, copy,
     correspond, correspond to, correspondent, corresponding,
     coterminous, counterfeit, counterpart, deputy, dispassionate,
     distributional, distributive, ditto, double, draw, drawn, dummy,
     duplicate, emulate, equable, equal to, equalize, equalized,
     equalizing, equidistant, equilateral, equipollent, equispaced,
     equitable, equivalent, ersatz, eurythmic, even, even off,
     even stephen, exchange, exchanged, fair, fake, fellow, fifty-fifty,
     fill-in, finished, flat, ghost, ghostwriter, give-and-take,
     go alongside, go beside, half, half-and-half, halvers, harmonious,
     homogeneous, identic, identical, imitation, immutable, impartial,
     indistinguishable, interchangeable, interchanged, invariable, just,
     keep pace with, knot, knotted, level, like, lined up, locum tenens,
     makeshift, match, match up with, matching, mate, measure up,
     measure up to, measured, mechanical, meet, metaphor, methodic,
     metonymy, monolithic, mutual, next best thing, nip and tuck,
     nonconvergent, nondivergent, objective, of a piece, on a footing,
     on a level, on a par, on even ground, opposite number, ordered,
     orderly, par, parallel, parallelepipedal, parallelinervate,
     paralleling, parallelodrome, parallelogrammatic, parallelogrammic,
     parallelotropic, partake of, particular, peer, per capita,
     per head, permutable, persistent, personnel, phony, pinch hitter,
     pro rata, proportional, proportionate, proportioned, prorated,
     proxy, quits, reach, reciprocal, reciprocating, reciprocative,
     regular, relief, replacement, representative, reserves, respective,
     retaliatory, returnable, ringer, rival, robotlike, run abreast,
     run parallel, run to, second string, secondary, selfsame, several,
     sign, similar, smooth, spares, square, square with, stable,
     stack up with, stalemated, stand-in, standard, steadfast, steady,
     sub, substituent, substitute, substitution, succedaneum,
     superseder, supplanter, surrogate, swapped, switched, symbol,
     symmetric, symmetrical, synecdoche, synonymous, systematic, tally,
     tally with, tantamount, third string, tie, tied, token, top, touch,
     traded, transposed, twin, unbiased, unbroken, unchangeable,
     unchanged, unchanging, uncolored, understudy, undeviating,
     undifferentiated, undiversified, uniform, unprejudiced, unruffled,
     unvaried, unvarying, up to, utility player, vicar, vice-president,
     vice-regent, vie, vie with, well-balanced, well-set, well-set-up,
     without distinction