Equation



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 等式;等同, 相等
• ［英］ n. 等式 ( two expressions connected by the sign'=') ; 等同, 相等 ( action of making equal )
• ［记］ equate+ion

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a. the act or process of equating
  • b.
    • (1) an element affecting a process ; factor
    • (2) a complex of variable factors
  • c. a state of being equated; specifically a state of close association or identification <bring governmental enterprises and payment for them into immediate equation — R. G. Tugwell>
• 2.
  • a. a usually formal statement of the equality or equivalence of mathematical or logical expressions
  • b. an expression representing a chemical reaction quantitatively by means of chemical symbols

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