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  equi

  noun

  equi NP deletion.
• equi-
  equi-

  a combining form meaning “equal,” used in the formation of compound words.
• equi–
  equi–

  A prefix that means “equal” or “equally,” as in equidistant.

equi

¹ American  

[ek-wee] / ˈɛk wi /

noun

Linguistics.

1. equi NP deletion.

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equi- ² American  

1. a combining form meaning “equal,” used in the formation of compound words.

   equimolecular.

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equi- British  

combining form

1. equal or equally

   equidistant

   equilateral

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equi– Scientific  

1. A prefix that means “equal” or “equally,” as in equidistant.

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Etymology

Origin of equi-

Middle English < Latin aequi-, combining form representing aequus equal

Example Sentences

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equi equi-

In late March, a facility in Wyoming was closed and an adoption event for wild horses was postponed because some animals developed Streptococcus equi, a bacterial infection similar to strep throat.

From New York Times ● Apr. 28, 2022

More specifically, they were guinea pigs infected with a bacteria known as Streptococcus equi subspecies zooepidemicus.

From US News ● Dec. 16, 2014

At Tr V iv 15-16 Ovid had used frena recusare of a horse: 'fert tamen, ut debet, casus patienter amaros, / more nec indomiti frena recusat equi'.

From The Last Poems of Ovid by Mark Bear Akrigg

Strangles or distemper is, according to most pathologists, due to the Streptococcus equi.

From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by John Victor Lacroix

Never been known, past equi clibanum, The heat of horse-dung, under ground, in cellars, Or an ale-house darker than deaf John's; been lost To all mankind, but laundresses and tapsters, Had not I been.

From The Alchemist by Ben Jonson

Consols, or money of equi- valent value, at the price of the stock on the day of the transaction.

From Everybody's Guide to Money Matters: with a description of the various investments chiefly dealt in on the stock exchange, and the mode of dealing therein by William Cotton