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Equal Equation Making Sense 无 I'kweiʃən N.等式;等同,相等 英

单词 equation
音标 [i'kweiʃən]
解释 n.等式;等同,相等
红宝书 【英】 n. 等式(two expressions connected by the sign'=');等同,相等(action of making equal )
【记】 equate+ion
字源 equation (n.)
late 14c., a term in astrology; meaning "action of making equal" is from 1650s; mathematical sense is from 1560s, on notion of equalizing the expressions; from Latin aequationem (nominative aequatio) "an equal distribution, community," from past participle stem of aequare (see equal (adj.)). Chemistry sense is from 1807.
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