Definitions for equant

equant e·quant

Spelling: [ee-kwuh nt, ee-kwant]
IPA: /ˈi kwənt, ˈi kwænt/

Equant is a 6 letter English word.

You can make 78 anagrams from letters in equant (aenqtu).

Definitions for equant

adjective

  1. (of a crystal) having all axes of the same length (opposed to anisometric).

Origin of equant

Latin aequant-, stem of aequāns, present participle of aequāre; see equate

Examples for equant

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

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

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