Equation

• Date: 14th century

Definitions

• 1 a : the act or process of equating

b (1) : an element affecting a process : factor

(2) : a complex of variable factors c : a state of being equated; specifically : a state of close association or identification <bring governmental enterprises and payment for them into immediate equation — R. G. Tugwell>

• 2 a : a usually formal statement of the equality or equivalence of mathematical or logical expressions

b : an expression representing a chemical reaction quantitatively by means of chemical symbols