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American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1
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Equation
EQUA’TION, n. [L. oequatio, from oequo, to make equal or level.]
1. Literally, a making equal, or an equal division.
2. In algebra, a proposition asserting the equality of two quantities, and expressed by the sign=between them; or an expression of the same quantity in two dissimilar terms, but of equal value, as 3s=36d, or x=b+m-r. In the latter case, x is equal to be added to m, with r subtracted, and the quantities on the right hand of the sign of equation are said to be the value of x on the left hand.
3. In astronomy, the reduction of the apparent time or motion of the sun to equable, mean or true time.
4. The reduction of any extremes to a mean proportion.
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Chicago: Noah Webster Jr., "Equation," American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 (New York: S. Converse, 1828), Original Sources, accessed June 7, 2023, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=H6JD8YWPE8K8F8W.
MLA: Webster, Noah, Jr. "Equation." American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, New York, S. Converse, 1828, Original Sources. 7 Jun. 2023. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=H6JD8YWPE8K8F8W.
Harvard: Webster, N, 'Equation' in American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1. cited in 1828, An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, S. Converse, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 7 June 2023, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=H6JD8YWPE8K8F8W.
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