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equation

/ih-kwey-zhuhn, -shuhn/US // ɪˈkweɪ ʒən, -ʃən //UK // (ɪˈkweɪʒən, -ʃən) //

方程,方程式,方形

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of equating or making equal; equalization: the symbolic equation of darkness with death.
    • : equally balanced state; equilibrium.
    • : Mathematics. an expression or a proposition, often algebraic, asserting the equality of two quantities.
    • : Also called chemical equation .Chemistry. a symbolic representation showing the kind and amount of the starting materials and products of a reaction.

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  • The right-hand side of the equations describes the contents of the universe — anything that has mass and energy.

  • In other words, machines that augment or supersede organic biology and change the equation limiting the scope of how, where, and when “genetic” information can be shared and transferred.

  • The scientists took this curve and developed a new mathematical equation to calculate a dog’s age.

  • Whatever the reason, once these individuals become infected and are removed from the equation through death or immunity, the effect on the pandemic is outsized.

  • The equations of general relativity let them evolve independently, and, crucially, you can flatten the universe by changing either.

  • Perhaps, like Hawking searching for his elegant equation, filmmakers will never find the answer.

  • But vibrant industry requires solid infrastructure, which is where the Chinese government enters the equation.

  • Until that equation tips, individual Republicans may break ranks on gay rights, but the party remains a countercultural bastion.

  • “We want to take out those biases, those prejudices, out of the equation, to remove those barriers,” says Halfteck.

  • Sadly, the “small room” part of that equation seems to have been a one-time thing.

  • Now the trouble with the main proposition just quoted is that each side of the equation is used as the measure of the other.

  • In other words, it is a truism, mere equation in terms, telling nothing whatever.

  • The fundamental equation of the economist, then, is that the value of everything is proportionate to its cost.

  • We are ourselves a term in the equation, a note of the chord, and make discord or harmony almost at will.

  • Inserting these values in our general equation and calculating the result, we obtain 18.1E6 as the value of the constant.