(n.) The condition or quality of being equal; agreement in quantity or degree as compared; likeness in bulk, value, rank, properties, etc.; as, the equality of two bodies in length or thickness; an equality of rights.
(n.) Sameness in state or continued course; evenness; uniformity; as, an equality of temper or constitution.
(n.) Evenness; uniformity; as, an equality of surface.
(n.) Exact agreement between two expressions or magnitudes with respect to quantity; -- denoted by the symbol =; thus, a = x signifies that a contains the same number and kind of units of measure that x does.
Example Sentences:
(1) The angiographic appearances are highly characteristic and equal in value to a histological diagnosis.
(2) We conclude that first-transit and blood-pool techniques are equally accurate methods for determining EF when the time-activity method of analysis is employed.
(3) But everyone in a nation should have the equal right to sing or not sing.
(4) In patients with coronary artery disease, electrocardiographic signs of left atrial enlargement (LAE-negative P wave deflection greater than or equal to 1 mm2 in lead V1) are associated with increased left ventricular end diastolic pressure (LVEDP).
(5) These same molecules may be equally responsible for the pathologic characteristics of the immune response seen, for example, in inflammatory bowel diseases.
(6) A NYHA-class greater than II was observed in 18% of patients with type-I hypertrophy, in 29% with type II, but in 61% with type III (p less than or equal to 0.05).
(7) The effect of S-adenosylhomocysteine on DNA methylation was examined, and it was found at equal molar concentrations of S-adenosylhomocysteine to to S-adenosylmethionine that DNA methylation was competitively inhibited 50%.
(8) All five individuals appeared to have acute C. pneumoniae infection as determined by results of serologic tests (titers of IgM antibody for all individuals were greater than or equal to 1:16).
(9) Gross brain atrophy was slight and equal in both groups.
(10) The amount of water, creatinine, electrolytes, proteins, and enzymes were higher during the day (up to three fold, p always less than 0.05), while equal amounts of amino acids were excreted in the day and the night period.
(11) The M 13 specific DNA present in minicells isolated several hours after infection consists of single stranded viral DNA and double stranded replicative forms in nearly equal amounts.
(12) Simple cells that are nearly equally dominated by each eye always exhibit strong phase-specific interaction.
(13) At sufficiently high field intensities, the reaction may approach a value equal to that of the free enzyme system.
(14) lengths with the subjects equally divided into these four groups: distributed trials, distributed sessions; distributed trials, massed sessions; massed trials, distributed sessions; and massed trials, massed sessions.
(15) When cultures were pulse labeled for 15 min and then incubated under chase conditions for 105 min, the amount of degraded collagen attained a value equal to approximately 20% of the amount synthesized during the labeling period; the data were fit with a simple exponential function that had a 40-min rise time and a 12-min lag time.
(16) Adverse outcomes were reported more frequently by consultant physicians, by those who 'titrated' the intravenous sedative, and by those who used an additional intravenous agent, but were reported equally frequently by endoscopists using midazolam and endoscopists using diazepam.
(17) For obstruction of greater than or equal to 50% of the pulmonary vascular cross-sectional area and pulmonary hypertension thrombolytic therapy should be given and insertion of an inferior caval filter can be considered.
(18) Johnson and Campion are optimistic that marriage equality will win out, and soon.
(19) In 0.17 M Na+(aq), tRNA(Phe) exists in its native conformation and the number of strong binding sites (Ka greater than or equal to 10(4)) was estimated to be 3-4 by titration experiments, in agreement with X-ray structural data for crystalline tRNA(Phe) (Jack et al., 1977).
(20) It is commonly assumed that the visual resolution limit must be equal to or less than the Nyquist frequency of the cone mosaic.
Equanimity
Definition:
(n.) Evenness of mind; that calm temper or firmness of mind which is not easily elated or depressed; patience; calmness; composure; as, to bear misfortunes with equanimity.
Example Sentences:
(1) The now 8th Earl of Lucan has treated such sightings with weary equanimity, once saying: “I get a little tired when former Scotland Yard detectives at the end of their careers get commissions to write books which happen to send them to sunny destinations around the world.
(2) New Yorkers demonstrated an excess of the equanimity for which they are known in reaction to the news.
(3) But again and again, I have been struck by the equanimity displayed by Athens.
(4) Richard Wiseman , a professor of psychology at the University of Hertfordshire, who also makes cool videos for the web, has had his share of haters, and greets that with equanimity.
(5) Devon manages to maintain a cheerful impression of equanimity.
(6) "Oh yeah, those guys are great," he replies when reminded, with an equanimity that belies his ambition.
(7) He has accepted the realities of the commercial position with great equanimity - more than I would have done.
(8) As for Axelrod, the adviser famous for equanimity, ruffled appearance and a world-weary manner, it is a surprise that he wants to return to the campaign ring.
(9) The nut-nougat cream enjoys enormous popularity as a spread for bread so that even large food undertakings cannot face this development with equanimity.
(10) Some people handle potentially devastating news with equanimity, but for me it was the start of a full digestion of the grim truth, a process marked by nothing if not high anxiety.
(11) His eponymous foundation has raised more than $350m to fund research into Parkinson's and despite facing hurdles that would fell many – the Bush administration's opposition to stem cell research, for example – he has continued with determined equanimity.
(12) Yet parents are told their children are at risk, no one knows our names, and hospital administrators and medical staffs watch us come and go with equanimity.
(13) Given Mr Trump’s equanimity with other flaws in his history, we can only assume it’s a bombshell of unusual size.” Trump said in an interview with the Associated Press on Wednesday that he would not overrule legal advice not to publicly disclose his tax returns before an audit is complete - including if the audit is not completed before November’s election.
(14) The singer has not spoken in detail about the prospect of swapping the stage for the assault course, but he will have pleased the South Korean authorities by accepting his fate with equanimity.
(15) The president is not really that powerful.” Toiling in the bowels of online muck has no discernible effect on Mikkelson’s equanimity.
(16) A rise in US interest rates will be met with equanimity across the world, argue the optimists, because everyone else is in better shape, if not growing quite as strongly.
(17) There’s an equanimity, an impermeability and a courage that you need.
(18) Her equanimity towards the director is calculated to defend her from a permanent position of victimhood.
(19) It’s just that I like the equanimity of living in my own zone.” He is suspicious of literary festivals, for all that he can pull in the crowds.
(20) Thus, both surgeon and patient may embark on this hazardous course with a much greater degree of security and equanimity.