equational
- adjective
- /ˌiːkwəˈteɪʃənl/
- Specialized
- The equational phrase 'My brother is a doctor' clearly expresses the equivalence between the two noun phrases.
Examples
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When she said, 'That is my favorite book,' she used an equational structure to identify a specific item.
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In the sentence 'The winner is John, and the second place is Sarah,' there are equational clauses that show identity between the subjects.
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So this is known as an equational division because it's totally equal, OK?
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A proper reformulation of the equational theory was given by Patricia Johann a few years ago as a step toward solving it.
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A less blatant violation is that the equational theory of the language with seq is different from the equational theory without it, and the last I knew, the GHC compiler was willing to make transformations that are valid only in the absence of this construct.
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A less blatant violation is that the equational theory of the language with seq is different from the equational theory without it, and the last I knew, the GHC compiler was willing to make transformations that are valid only in the absence of this construct.
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Synonyms
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Describing words that refer to the same person or thing
More than one word or phrase in a text that refer to the same thing
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Equational comes from the old Latin root aequus, which means 'equal', and you can see the same root in equal and equation. In grammar, an equational sentence says two parts are the same person or thing, as in 'My brother is the teacher', so the sentence shows the two parts are 'equal'.