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equi

1

[ ek-wee ]

noun

, Linguistics.


equi-

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

    equimolecular.

equi-

combining_form

  1. equal or equally

    equilateral

    equidistant

“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


equi–

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


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Word History and Origins

Origin of equi1

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

Three feathers are placed on each shaft, and they are laid equi-distant along the stem.

Linnaeus tells us that 'Tres muscae consumunt cadaver equi aeque cito ac leo.'

Lva stomachosus habena dicet eques; sed equi frenato est auris in ore; that is, he minds not the reins, and must feel the bit.

Well, come—(relieved)— skating's one of those things you never forget—all a question of poise and equi—confound the things!

He gives it as his opinion that even laminitis has occurred as a result of the streptococcus-equi.

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