equate

1. v. t. 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. Source: opted

2. v. consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous Source: wordnet

3. v. be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics Source: wordnet

4. v. make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching Source: wordnet

5. 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. Source: webster

6. To make equal; to reduce to an average; to make such anallowance or correction in as will reduce to a common standard ofcomparison; 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 measureddistance one mile for each twenty feet of ascent.-- Equating for curves, adding half a mile for each 360 degrees ofcurvature. Source: adambom

7. v:100 v. be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics Source: ecdict

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