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Definition of Equable

1. Adjective. Not varying. "An equable climate"

2. Adjective. Not easily irritated. "Remained placid despite the repeated delays"

Definition of Equable

1. a. Equal and uniform; continuing the same at different times; -- said of motion, and the like; uniform in surface; smooth; as, an equable plain or globe.

Definition of Equable

1. Adjective. Unvarying, calm and steady; constant and uniform. ¹

2. Adjective. (context: of temperature) Free from extremes of heat or cold. ¹

3. Adjective. (context: of emotions etc) Not easily disturbed; tranquil. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Equable

1. not changing or varying greatly [adj] : EQUABLY [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Equable

epulotics epurate epurated epurates epurating epuration epyllia epyllion epyllions epænetic

epænetick eq'n eqq equabilities equability equable (current term) equableness equablenesses equably equal

equal-area equal-area map projection equal-area projection equal-interval chord equal-interval chords equal-opportunity equal-sign equal cleavage equal opportunity equal protection of the laws

Literary usage of Equable

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events (1876)
"Western Oregon has a moist and equable climate; Eastern Oregon, one dry and variable. In the former division there are but two seasons, the wet and the dry. ..."

2. On the theory and practice of midwifery by Fleetwood Churchill (1853)
"UNDER this title I shall include not merely distortions of the pelvis, but also certain equable deviations from its normal dimensions, ..."

3. Philosophical Transactions by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1781)
"... the Rotation of the Planets round their Axcs> made with a View to determine whether the Earth's diurnal Motion is perfectly equable. In a Letter from. ..."

4. Descriptive Meteorology by Willis Luther Moore (1910)
"... the West Indian Province, which includes Florida and the Gulf coast, with equable temperature and rain at all seasons, but with a marked summer maximum. ..."

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