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Equal(medicine)
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equal(1) (iou)



equal adjective, adverb, & noun. LME.
[Latin aequalis, from aequus level, even, equal: see -AL1.]
A. adjective.
Of a surface: even; level; on the same level. arch. LME.
Identical in amount, size, number, value, intensity, etc. LME.
all things being equal, Other things being equal circumstances being evenly balanced.
E. Huxley The company employs about equal numbers of each, but..Pakistanis are coming into the lead.
Possessing a (specified or implied) quality or attribute to the same degree; on the same level as regards rank, power, excellence, etc.; spec. (of voices) belonging to the same register. Also foll. by to, with. E16.
D. H. Lawrence No part should be subordinate to any Other part: all should be equal. J. M. Murry That was the excitement; but the dismay was equal. F. Weldon She had thought the Christian equal to the Jew; no more nor less.
Fair, just, impartial. E16-M18.
= EQUABLE 2. E17.
Gibbon He proceeded, in a firm and equal tone.
Uniform in appearance, size, or Other property. M17-L18.
Evenly proportioned or balanced; uniform in effect or operation. M17.
it is equal to me it makes no difference to me, it's all the same to me. separate but equal: see SEPARATE adjective.
Gladstone The Church contemplates with equal eye the whole of God's ordinances.
Adequate in ability, resources, quantity, etc. Now only foll. by to. L17.
Arnold Bennett He had..proved equal to the enormously difficult situation. B. Bainbridge I was not in very good Health then, and not equal to duty at all.
Special collocations: equal opportunity the opportunity or right to be considered for Employment or Promotion without discrimination on certain grounds, as race, sex, or disability; the practice or policy of not discriminating in this way (freq. attrib. or in pl.). equal pay (the policy of giving) the same rate of pay for a particular job irrespective of the sex of the person doing it. equal rights (the policy of giving) the same rights for people of different races, both sexes, etc. equal temperament: see TEMPERAMENT noun 9.
B. adverb. Equally. L16-M17.
C. noun.
A person who is equal to another in rank, ability, etc., or (formerly) age. L16.
D. H. Lawrence She knew herself to be the social equal, if not the superior, of anyone she was likely to meet.
an equal, a state of equality, a par. obsolete exc. dial. L16.

deltohedron (medicine)


deltohedron
<chemistry> A solid bounded by twelve quadrilateral faces. It is a hemihedral form of the isometric system, allied to the tetrahedron.

Origin: Gr. Delta, the letter <DELTA/ + 'edra seat, base.

Source: Websters Dictionary