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eq·ua·ble    Audio Help   [ek-wuh-buhl, ee-kwuh-] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.free from many changes or variations; uniform: an equable climate; an equable temperament.
2.uniform in operation or effect, as laws.

[Origin: 1635–45; < L aequābilis that can be made equal, similar, equiv. to aequ(us) equal, even + -ābilis -able]

eq·ua·bil·i·ty, eq·ua·ble·ness, noun
eq·ua·bly, adverb

1. steady, even, temperate.
1. variable.
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eq·ua·ble    Audio Help   (ěk'wə-bəl, ē'kwə-)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
    1. Unvarying; steady.
    2. Free from extremes.
  1. Not easily disturbed; serene: an equable temper.


[Latin aequābilis, from aequāre, to make even, from aequus, even, level.]

eq'ua·bil'i·ty, eq'ua·ble·ness n., eq'ua·bly adv.
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equable 
1677, from L. æquabilis "equal, consistent, uniform," from æquare "make uniform." Equability is from 1531.

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equable

adjective
1. not varying; "an equable climate" 
2. not easily irritated; "an equable temper"; "not everyone shared his placid temperament"; "remained placid despite the repeated delays" 

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Equable

E`qua*bil"i*ty\, n. [L. aequabilitas, fr. aequabilis. See Equable.] The quality or condition of being equable; evenness or uniformity; as, equability of temperature; the equability of the mind.

For the celestial bodies, the equability and constancy of their motions argue them ordained by wisdom. --Ray.
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equable was Word of the Day on January 5, 2001.

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