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An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most precious gifts of heaven, spreading itself like oil over the troubled sea of thought, and keeping the mind smooth and equable in the roughest weather.
Washington Irving

Meaning of "equable" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD EQUABLE

From Latin aequābilis, from aequāre to make equal.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF EQUABLE

equable  [ˈɛkwəbəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EQUABLE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Equable is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES EQUABLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of equable in the English dictionary

The definition of equable in the dictionary is even-tempered; placid. Other definition of equable is unvarying; uniform.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EQUABLE


accessible
əkˈsɛsəbəl
affordable
əˈfɔːdəbəl
applicable
ˈæplɪkəbəl
available
əˈveɪləbəl
colliquable
kəˈlɪkwəbəl
comfortable
ˈkʌmftəbəl
compatible
kəmˈpætəbəl
horrible
ˈhɒrəbəl
impossible
ɪmˈpɒsəbəl
incredible
ɪnˈkrɛdəbəl
inequable
ɪnˈɛkwəbəl
liquable
ˈlɪkwəbəl
portable
ˈpɔːtəbəl
printable
ˈprɪntəbəl
reasonable
ˈriːzənəbəl
reliable
rɪˈlaɪəbəl
responsible
rɪˈspɒnsəbəl
saleable
ˈseɪləbəl
suitable
ˈsuːtəbəl
unequable
ʌnˈɛkwəbəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EQUABLE

equability
equableness
equably
equal
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
equal opportunities
Equal Opportunities Commission
equal opportunities employer
equal opportunity
equal opportunity employer
equal pay
Equal Rights Amendment
equal sign
equal time
equal-area
equal-opportunity
equali
equalisation
equalise
equaliser

WORDS THAT END LIKE EQUABLE

able
accruable
arguable
construable
continuable
evaluable
fatiguable
inarguable
inconstruable
invaluable
issuable
perpetuable
pursuable
reissuable
rescuable
suable
subduable
unarguable
unsubduable
unvaluable
valuable

Synonyms and antonyms of equable in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «EQUABLE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «equable» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of equable

Translation of «equable» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EQUABLE

Find out the translation of equable to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of equable from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «equable» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

平和
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

equable
570 millions of speakers

English

equable
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

एकरस
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

متعادلا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ровный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

equânime
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সুষম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

égal
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bersamaan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ausgeglichen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

均等な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

뒤숭숭
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Equable
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không thay đổi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஒரே சீரான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

समविचारी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ılıman
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

uniforme
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

równomierne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

рівний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cumpănit
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ομοιόμορφο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gelykmatige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

equable
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

equable
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of equable

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EQUABLE»

The term «equable» is regularly used and occupies the 70.926 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EQUABLE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about equable

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3 QUOTES WITH «EQUABLE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word equable.
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Washington Irving
An inexhaustible good nature is one of the most precious gifts of heaven, spreading itself like oil over the troubled sea of thought, and keeping the mind smooth and equable in the roughest weather.
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Francis Parkman
Our New England climate is mild and equable compared with that of the Platte.
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Robert W. Service
Avoid extremes: be moderate In saving and in spending; An equable and easy gait Will win an easy ending.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EQUABLE»

Discover the use of equable in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to equable and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Origines Kalendariæ Italicæ: Nundinal Calendars of Ancient ...
The epoch of the Cyclical equable time of the system is consequently that of the Noctidiur- nal and of the Hebdomadal; and the decursus of the former, as part of the system, is that of the latter, as part of it also. The Nabonassarian equable time  ...
Edward Greswell, 1854
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Works
Anomalous motion, therefore, is one because it is continued ; but it is less one than equable motion ; which, indeed, happens to fractured lation : but the less has always a mixture of the contrary. If, however, every motion which is one may be ...
Aristotle, 1806
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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Synonyms
... a sudden gust of prosperity — Fielding) Equable usually implies some inherent quality which makes for invariability, such as uniformity <an equable stride) <an equable pulse) or freedom from extremes or sudden marked changes <there is ...
Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1984
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Fasti temporis catholici and Origines kalendariæ
But besides its mean annual natural and its mean annual Julian time the system has its annual equable time also. Let us consider this as simply the equable in the sense of cyclical. If the mean tropical year receded four days on the mean ...
Edward Greswell, 1852
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Chinese Civilization: A Sourcebook, 2nd Ed
This was called the equable marketing system. A receiving bureau was established at the capital for all the commodities. Because goods were bought when prices were low and sold when prices were high, the government suffered no loss ...
Patricia Buckley Ebrey, 2009
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Fasti temporis catholici and origines kalendariae
At the end of eight equable years, the former will be found to be beginning December 30 at midnight ,- at the end of eight Julian, the latter will still be beginning January 1 at midnight, as before. The recession of the equable year on the Julian ...
Edward Greswell, 1852
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Fasti temporis catholici, and Origines kalendariæ. [With] ...
At the end of eight equable years, the former will be found to be beginning December 30 at midnight ; at the end of eight Julian, the latter will still be beginning January 1 at midnight, as before. The recession of the equable year on the Julian ...
Edward Greswell, 1852
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Equable Shape
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. A two-dimensional equable shape (or perfect shape) is one whose area is numerically equal to its perimeter.
Lambert M. Surhone, Miriam T. Timpledon, Susan F. Marseken, 2010
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Origines kalendariæ Hellenicæ; or, The history of the ...
Mesore 10 at midn. and Thoth 1 at midn. respectively, though there was no difference between their respective epochs in the order of the Julian notation, there was one of 26 terms in that of the Equable ; a difference which, according to the ...
Edward Greswell, 1862
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Personality and Temperament in Nonhuman Primates
Paternal 0.689 Gentle 0.822 Intelligent 0.637 Solitary 0.392 Effective 0.730 Sociable 0.737 Protective 0.604 Equable 0.645 Opportunistic 0.412 Strong 0.327 Opportunistic 0.588 Popular 0.692 Excitable 0.598 Slow 0.554 Slow 0.296 Eccentric ...
Alexander Weiss, James E. King, Lindsay Murray, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EQUABLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term equable is used in the context of the following news items.
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The human triumph from fossil fuels
Also, because of carbon dioxide fertilization, nitrogen deposition, and possibly a more equable climate, all caused by fossil fuel use, the ... «Financial Post, Jul 15»
2
Lessons still unlearned
Our real peers are Boulder, Fort Collins, Santa Fe, Portland, Seattle, San Francisco and Salt Lake City — all with equable climates, beautiful ... «Colorado Springs Independent, Jul 15»
3
The Hindu Crossword 11440
4 Equable mother-in-law and daughter (4). 5 Taken in by sailors or engineer before commencement of dinner (8). 6 Half of yellow matter found ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
4
Getting cash from bank turns into Margate 'standoff'
He fumed with a slow, equable pacing that belied bubbling outrage. “I guarantee you, at the end of the day, they have that much money in the ... «Press of Atlantic City, Jul 15»
5
Stay classy, Atlanta: Erika Preval teaches modern manners
Preval's equable face betrays the slightest eye roll. “Manners are supposed to make people feel more comfortable, not less, but everyone thinks ... «Atlanta Magazine, Jun 15»
6
India off the tourist track
Mr Nazareth is blessed with an equable temperament. He finds that grabbing a seat in a bus is akin to fighting his way through a wrestling ring, ... «Business Standard, Jun 15»
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MainJudaismThe Haredi Boycott of Heter Mechira Fruits is …
However, it is difficult to give benefit of the doubt to all those Haredi rabbis who are of equable character, but nevertheless negated the opinion ... «Arutz Sheva, Jun 15»
8
Murders in Charleston: What comes after anger?
Here's a couple ideas: Notice the language that you use. Is it equable? For example, are you calling Dylann Roof a “kid” while referring to Tamir ... «U.S. Catholic magazine, Jun 15»
9
Public Release: 23-Jun-2015 Understanding subduction zone …
Data generally indicate equable conditions and reduced latitudinal temperature gradients, while models generally produce colder conditions ... «EurekAlert, Jun 15»
10
Lack of affordable housing matched to income an issue
“The economy, in general, has improved a bit, so it's probably reasonable on a province-wide basis, but ... our area may not feel it's as equable ... «Chatham Daily News, Jun 15»

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