Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - equable
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equable
adjective Etymology: Latin aequabilis, from aequare to make level or equal, from aequus Date: 1677 1. marked by lack of variation or change ; uniform an ~ distance apart 2. marked by lack of noticeable, unpleasant, or extreme variation or inequality an ~ temperament Synonyms: see steady • equability noun • ~ness noun • equably adverb
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adj. 1 even; not varying. 2 uniform and moderate (an equable climate). 3 (of a person) not easily disturbed or angered. Derivatives equability n. equably adv. Etymology: L aequabilis (as EQUATE) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. равномерный, ровный equable pulse —- ровный пульс equable climate —- ровный климат 2. равный, единообразный an equable system of taxation —- единообразная система налогообложения 3. уравновешенный, спокойный equable temper —- уравновешенный характер ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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If you describe someone as equable, you mean that they are calm, cheerful, and fair with other people, even in difficult circumstances. He was a man of the most equable temper... ADJ • equably She wasn’t prepared to respond equably to Richardson’s mood, and she spoke curtly. ADV: ADV after v ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ adj 1 formal calm and not easily annoyed (Mary's equable temperament made her easy to work with.) 2 technical having weather or conditions that are neither too hot nor too cold (an equable climate) - equably adv - equability n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
6.
- 1677, from L. жquabilis "equal, consistent, uniform," from жquare "make uniform." Equability is from 1531. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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