equi-
| a combining form meaning “equal,” used in the formation of compound words: equimolecular. |
Origin: ME < L
aequi-, comb. form repr.
aequus equal
equi NP deletion
–noun Linguistics. | a rule of transformational grammar that deletes the underlying subject of a complement clause if it is coreferential with the subject or object of the main clause, as in John promised to return the money, where the underlying subject (John) of return has been deleted. |
Origin: appar. short for
equivalent NP
Science Dictionary
equi-
A prefix that means "equal" or "equally," as in equidistant.
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[ee-kwee, ek-wee] 