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equable - 4 dictionary results

eq⋅ua⋅ble

  [ek-wuh-buhl, ee-kwuh-]
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–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

Related forms:
eq⋅ua⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, eq⋅ua⋅ble⋅ness, noun
eq⋅ua⋅bly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. steady, even, temperate.

Antonyms:
1. variable.
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eq·ua·ble   (ěk'wə-bəl, ē'kwə-)   
adj.  
    1. Unvarying; steady.
    2. Free from extremes.
  2. 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

E"qua*ble\ (?; 277), a. [L. aequabilis, fr. aequare to make level or equal, fr. aequus even, equal. See Equal.]

1. 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.

2. Uniform in action or intensity; not variable or changing; -- said of the feelings or temper.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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equable 
1677, from L. æquabilis "equal, consistent, uniform," from æquare "make uniform." Equability is from 1531.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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