ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Equant

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Equant is a noun meaning Having comparable measurements in all directions; equidimensional.

Meaning

Having comparable measurements in all directions; equidimensional.

More Meanings

  1. (historical, astronomy) The center of uniform motion of a planetary deferent.

Example Sentences

If all crystallization centers are evenly spaced, the resulting microcrystals will form equant, polyhedral blocks of subuniform size such as those observed with the electron microscope.

Word Forms

Synonyms for equant

Depending on context, synonyms include equidimensional.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include epicycle, equinoxial, equinox, excenter, equatour, ellipsis.

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