equate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: equate	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
equate v consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous; "We can compare the Han dynasty to the Romans"; "You cannot equate success in financial matters with greed" Synonym(s): compare, liken, equate be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics Synonym(s): equate, correspond 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" Synonym(s): equal, match, equalize, equalise, equate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Equate \Equate"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Equated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Equating}.] [L. aequatus, p. p. of aequare to make level or equal, fr. aequus level, equal. See {Equal}.] 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.