equant

[ ee-kwuhnt, ee-kwant ]

adjective

1. (of a crystal) having all axes of the same length ( anisometric ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of equant¹

< Latin aequant-, stem of aequāns, present participle of aequāre; equate

Example Sentences

Copernicus, by making the sun the centre, had been able to simplify a good deal of this, and to abolish the equant.

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He adopted the excentric and equant of Hipparchus to explain the unequal motions of the sun and moon.

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Hence he expected to derive a more direct and natural method of calculating the inequalities, than from the imaginary equant.

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