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EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

equant

/ee-kwuhnt, ee-kwant/US // ˈi kwənt, ˈi kwænt //

等价物,等离子,等量,等值

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having all axes of the same length.

Examples

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

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

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

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