equate
English
Alternative forms
- æquate (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English equaten, from Latin aequātus, past participle of aequō.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɪˈkweɪt/
- Rhymes: -eɪt
Verb
equate (third-person singular simple present equates, present participle equating, simple past and past participle equated)
- (transitive) To consider equal or equivalent.
- (transitive, mathematics) To set as equal.
Antonyms
- (consider equal): differentiate
Derived terms
- equation
Noun
equate (plural equates)
- (programming) A statement in assembly language that defines a symbol having a particular value.
- 2005, Arnold S. Berger, Hardware and Computer Organization, page 220:
- The first section of the program includes the system equates.
- 2009, Saifullah Khalid, Neetu Agrawal, Microprocessor System (page 256)
- The following equates define the stats byte […]
- 2012, J. S. Anderson, Microprocessor Technology, page 221:
- You can learn much about user routines, labels, displacements, equates (EQU) and so on, by modifying this program and observing the results on the screen.
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