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equable

[ ek-wuh-buhl, ee-kwuh- ]

adjective

  1. free from many changes or variations; uniform:

    an equable climate; an equable temperament.

    Synonyms: temperate, even, steady

    Antonyms: variable

  2. uniform in operation or effect, as laws.


equable

/ ˈɛkwəbəl /

adjective

  1. even-tempered; placid
  2. unvarying; uniform

    an equable climate

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈequably, adverb
  • ˌequaˈbility, noun
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Other Words From

  • equa·bili·ty equa·ble·ness noun
  • equa·bly adverb
  • noneq·ua·bili·ty noun
  • non·equa·ble adjective
  • non·equa·ble·ness noun
  • non·equa·bly adverb
  • uneq·ua·bili·ty noun
  • un·equa·ble adjective
  • un·equa·ble·ness noun
  • un·equa·bly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of equable1

1635–45; < Latin aequābilis that can be made equal, similar, equivalent to aequ ( us ) equal, even + -ābilis -able
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Word History and Origins

Origin of equable1

C17: from Latin aequābilis, from aequāre to make equal
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Example Sentences

He is an equable man who treats people fairly and has many friends.

The care shown in rearing insures a perfect straightness of stem, and an equable diameter of about an inch or an inch and a half.

The warmth of the atmosphere in which you live will be always equable and genial, without tempests, without a possible squall.

The male then becomes inert; equable sharing of the expense of forces, just division of labour.

The Loud Concrete is simply the equable concrete uttered with greater fulness of breath and loudness of tone.

A medium rate of utterance is, with respect to time, the natural expression of an equable flow of thought.

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