Usually means: Mathematical statement asserting equality's validity.
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  1. equation: Merriam-Webster
  2. equation, the equation: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. equation: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  7. equation: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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  9. equation: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. equation: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. equation: Infoplease Dictionary
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  13. equation: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Equation (band), Equation (disambiguation), Equation, The Equation: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Equation: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. equation: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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  18. Equation: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. equation: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. equation: FreeDictionary.org
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  23. equation: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  2. Equation (mathematics), equation: Legal dictionary
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  1. equation: CCI Computer
  2. Equation (mathematics), equation: Encyclopedia

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  4. Equation (mathematics), equation: Medical dictionary

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  2. Equation: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
  3. -equation (rho-sigma equation): PHYSICAL ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
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noun:  The act or process of equating two or more things, or the state of those things being equal (that is, identical).
noun:  (mathematics) 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.
noun:  (astronomy) A small correction to observed values to remove the effects of systematic errors in an observation.

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