equational

[ ih-kwey-zhuh-nl, -shuh- ]

adjective

of, using, or involving equations.
Biology. pertaining to the second or nonreductional cell division in meiosis, in which each chromosome divides into two equal parts.

Grammar. (of a sentence or predication) consisting of a subject and a complement with or without a copula: “Very interesting, those books” is an equational sentence.

Origin of equational

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First recorded in 1860–65; equation + -al¹

Other words from equational

e·qua·tion·al·ly, adverb

Words Nearby equational

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How to use equational in a sentence

With a few equational strokes of his pen, Einstein has banished from the cosmos every fixed reality except that of light.
Autobiography of a YOGI | Paramhansa Yogananda
But, coming to the negatives, the equational interpretation is certainly less obvious.
Logic | Carveth Read

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