Equate

Definition of Equate

E`quate´

v. t.

1.

To make equal; to reduce to an average; to make such an allowance or correction in as will reduce to a common standard of comparison; to reduce to mean time or motion; as, to equate payments; to equate lines of railroad for grades or curves; equated distances.

[imp. & p. p. Equated; p. pr. & vb. n. Equating.]

Palgrave gives both scrolle and scrowe and equates both to F[rench] rolle.

- Skeat (Etymol. Dict. ).

Equating for grades
(Railroad Engin.) adding to the measured distance one mile for each twenty feet of ascent.

Equating for curves
adding half a mile for each 360 degrees of curvature.

Related Words

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