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Definitions of equation
  1. noun
    the act of regarding as equal

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  2. noun
    a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced

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  3. noun
    a mathematical statement that two expressions are equal
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  • r (physics) the universal constant in the gas equation: pressure times volume = R times temperature; equal to 8.3143 joules per kelvin per mole
  • solution the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation
  • unknown a variable whose values are solutions of an equation
  • root the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation
  • reduce simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another
  • eliminate remove (an unknown variable) from two or more equations
  • maxwell Scottish physicist whose equations unified electricity and magnetism and who recognized the electromagnetic nature of light (1831-1879)
  • elimination the act of removing an unknown mathematical quantity by combining equations
  • relaxation a method of solving simultaneous equations by guessing a solution and then reducing the errors that result by successive approximations until all the errors are less than some specified amount
  • linear designating or involving an equation whose terms are of the first degree
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