equation

Language

See also: équation

English

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equation

Alternative forms

æquation (archaic)

Etymology

From Old French Category:English terms derived from Old French#EQUATIONCategory:English undefined derivations#EQUATION, from Latin Category:English terms derived from Latin#EQUATION aequātiō (“an equalizing”)Category:English undefined derivations#EQUATION. Morphologically equate +‎ -ionCategory:English terms suffixed with -ion#EQUATION

Pronunciation

enPR: ĭkwā'zhən, Rhymes: -eɪʒənCategory:Rhymes:English/eɪʒən#EQUATIONCategory:Rhymes:English/eɪʒən/3 syllables#EQUATION
- IPA^(key): /ɪˈkweɪʒən/Category:English 3-syllable words#EQUATION Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#EQUATION
- Audio (US): (file)
  Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#EQUATION
enPR: ĭkwā'shən, IPA^(key): /ɪˈkweɪʃən/Category:English 3-syllable words#EQUATION Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#EQUATION
enPR: ē'kwāshən, (Indic) IPA^(key): /ˈiːkweːʃən/Category:English 3-syllable words#EQUATION Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#EQUATION
Hyphenation: e‧qua‧tion

Noun

equation (plural equations)Category:English lemmas#EQUATION Category:English nouns#EQUATION Category:English countable nouns#EQUATION Category:English entries with incorrect language header#EQUATION Category:Pages with entries#EQUATION Category:Pages with 1 entry#EQUATION

The act or process of equating two or more things, or the state of those things being equal (that is, identical).
We need to bring the balance of power into equation
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- 2013, Eva Illouz, Why Love Hurts: A Sociological Explanation:
  The cultural equation of love with suffering is similar to the equation of love with an experience of both transcendence and consummation in which love is affirmed in an ostentatious display of self loss.
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(mathematics Category:en:Mathematics#EQUATION) An assertion that two expressions are equal, expressed by writing the two expressions separated by an equal sign; in mathematical problems, equations describe various essential aspects of the problem, each of which contributes to the resolution of the problem in part.
(astronomy Category:en:Astronomy#EQUATION) A small correction to observed values to remove the effects of systematic errors in an observation.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

act or process of equating two or more things, or the state of those things being equal

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German: Ausgleich (de) mCategory:Terms with German translations#EQUATION (act), Gleichgewicht (de) nCategory:Terms with German translations#EQUATION (state)

mathematics: assertion

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Afrikaans: vergelykingCategory:Terms with Afrikaans translations#EQUATION
Albanian: ekuacion (sq) mCategory:Terms with Albanian translations#EQUATION
Arabic: مُعَادَلَة (ar) f (muʕādala)Category:Terms with Arabic translations#EQUATION
Armenian: հավասարում (hy) (havasarum)Category:Terms with Armenian translations#EQUATION
Azerbaijani: tənlikCategory:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#EQUATION, təngləxməCategory:Terms with Azerbaijani translations#EQUATION
Basque: ekuazioCategory:Terms with Basque translations#EQUATION
Belarusian: раўна́нне n (raŭnánnje)Category:Terms with Belarusian translations#EQUATION
Bengali: সমীকরণ (bn) (śomikron)Category:Terms with Bengali translations#EQUATION
Bulgarian: уравне́ние n (uravnénie)Category:Terms with Bulgarian translations#EQUATION
Burmese: ညီမျှခြင်း (my) (nyihmya.hkrang:)Category:Terms with Burmese translations#EQUATION
Catalan: equació fCategory:Terms with Catalan translations#EQUATION
Chinese:
Mandarin: 方程式 (zh) (fāngchéngshì)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#EQUATION Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#EQUATION, 方程 (zh) (fāngchéng)Category:Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations#EQUATION Category:Terms with Mandarin translations#EQUATION
Czech: rovnice (cs) fCategory:Terms with Czech translations#EQUATION
Danish: ligning (da) cCategory:Terms with Danish translations#EQUATION
Dutch: vergelijking (nl)Category:Terms with Dutch translations#EQUATION
Esperanto: ekvacio (eo)Category:Terms with Esperanto translations#EQUATION
Estonian: võrrandCategory:Terms with Estonian translations#EQUATION
Faroese: líkning fCategory:Terms with Faroese translations#EQUATION
Finnish: yhtälö (fi)Category:Terms with Finnish translations#EQUATION
French: équation (fr) fCategory:Terms with French translations#EQUATION
Georgian: გასწორება (gasc̣oreba)Category:Terms with Georgian translations#EQUATION
German: Gleichung (de) fCategory:Terms with German translations#EQUATION
Greek: εξίσωση (el) f (exísosi)Category:Terms with Greek translations#EQUATION
Greenlandic: assigiissitaqCategory:Terms with Greenlandic translations#EQUATION
Hebrew: משוואה \ מִשְׁוָאָה (he) f (mishva'á)Category:Terms with Hebrew translations#EQUATION
Hindi: समीकरण (hi) m (samīkraṇ)Category:Terms with Hindi translations#EQUATION
Hungarian: egyenlet (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#EQUATION
Icelandic: jafna (is) fCategory:Terms with Icelandic translations#EQUATION
Ido: equaciono (io)Category:Terms with Ido translations#EQUATION
Indonesian: persamaan (id)Category:Terms with Indonesian translations#EQUATION
Irish: cothromóid (ga)Category:Terms with Irish translations#EQUATION
Italian: equazione (it) fCategory:Terms with Italian translations#EQUATION
Japanese: 方程式 (ja) (ほうていしき, hōteishiki)Category:Terms with Japanese translations#EQUATION
Kazakh: теңдеу (teñdeu)Category:Terms with Kazakh translations#EQUATION
Khmer: សមីការ (saʼməykaa)Category:Terms with Khmer translations#EQUATION
Korean: 방정식(方程式) (ko) (bangjeongsik)Category:Terms with Korean translations#EQUATION
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ھاوکێشە (hawkêşe)Category:Terms with Central Kurdish translations#EQUATION

Northern Kurdish: hevkêşe (ku)Category:Terms with Northern Kurdish translations#EQUATION
Kyrgyz: теңдеме (ky) (teŋdeme)Category:Terms with Kyrgyz translations#EQUATION
Lao: ສົມຜົນ (lo) (som phon)Category:Terms with Lao translations#EQUATION, ສົມມະການ (som ma kān)Category:Terms with Lao translations#EQUATION, ສົມການ (som kān)Category:Terms with Lao translations#EQUATION
Latin: aequatio fCategory:Terms with Latin translations#EQUATION
Latvian: vienādojums mCategory:Terms with Latvian translations#EQUATION
Lithuanian: lygtis mCategory:Terms with Lithuanian translations#EQUATION
Macedonian: равенка f (ravenka)Category:Terms with Macedonian translations#EQUATION
Malay: persamaan (ms)Category:Terms with Malay translations#EQUATION
Malayalam: സമവാക്യം (samavākyaṁ)Category:Terms with Malayalam translations#EQUATION
Maori: whāriteCategory:Terms with Maori translations#EQUATION
Marathi: समीकरण n (samīkraṇ)Category:Terms with Marathi translations#EQUATION
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: тэгшитгэл (mn) (tegšitgel)Category:Terms with Mongolian translations#EQUATION
Neapolitan: equazzione fCategory:Terms with Neapolitan translations#EQUATION
Nepali: समीकरण (samīkaraṇ)Category:Terms with Nepali translations#EQUATION
Norwegian:
Bokmål: likning (no) m or fCategory:Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations#EQUATION
Oromo: qixxaatooCategory:Terms with Oromo translations#EQUATION
Pashto: معادله f (ma'ādela)Category:Terms with Pashto translations#EQUATION
Persian: معادله (fa) (mo'âdele)Category:Terms with Persian translations#EQUATION
Polish: równanie (pl) nCategory:Terms with Polish translations#EQUATION
Portuguese: equação (pt) fCategory:Terms with Portuguese translations#EQUATION
Quechua: paqtachaniCategory:Terms with Quechua translations#EQUATION
Romanian: ecuație (ro) fCategory:Terms with Romanian translations#EQUATION
Russian: уравне́ние (ru) n (uravnénije)Category:Terms with Russian translations#EQUATION
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: (Bosnian, Serbian) једна̀чина fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#EQUATION, (Croatian) једна̀џба fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#EQUATION

Roman: (Bosnian, Serbian) jednàčina (sh) fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#EQUATION, (Croatian) jednàdžba (sh) fCategory:Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations#EQUATION
Slovak: rovnica fCategory:Terms with Slovak translations#EQUATION
Slovene: enačba (sl) fCategory:Terms with Slovene translations#EQUATION
Spanish: ecuación (es) fCategory:Terms with Spanish translations#EQUATION
Swahili: mlinganyoCategory:Terms with Swahili translations#EQUATION
Swedish: ekvation (sv) cCategory:Terms with Swedish translations#EQUATION
Tagalog: tumbasanCategory:Terms with Tagalog translations#EQUATION
Tajik: муодила (tg) (muodila)Category:Terms with Tajik translations#EQUATION
Tamil: சமன்பாடு (ta) (camaṉpāṭu)Category:Terms with Tamil translations#EQUATION
Tatar: тигезләмә (tigezlämä)Category:Terms with Tatar translations#EQUATION
Thai: สมการ (th) (sà-má-gaan)Category:Terms with Thai translations#EQUATION
Tibetan: please add this translation if you canCategory:Requests for translations into Tibetan#EQUATION
Turkish: denklem (tr)Category:Terms with Turkish translations#EQUATION
Ukrainian: рівня́ння n (rivnjánnja)Category:Terms with Ukrainian translations#EQUATION
Urdu: مساوات f (musāvāt)Category:Terms with Urdu translations#EQUATION
Uyghur: تەڭلىمە (tenglime)Category:Terms with Uyghur translations#EQUATION
Uzbek: tenglama (uz)Category:Terms with Uzbek translations#EQUATION
Vietnamese: phương trình (vi)Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#EQUATION (方程Category:Terms with Vietnamese translations#EQUATION)
Yiddish: גלייכונג (gleykhung)Category:Terms with Yiddish translations#EQUATION

astronomy: correction

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French: équation (fr) fCategory:Terms with French translations#EQUATION
Hungarian: kiegyenlítés (hu)Category:Terms with Hungarian translations#EQUATION

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