equal : Idioms & Phrases

• adverb used in legal language
  pari passu.
  

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• noun the right to equivalent opportunities for employment regardless of race or color or sex or national origin
  

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• noun a right guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution and by the due-process clause of the Fifth Amendment
  

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• noun a sign indicating that the quantities on either side are equal
  

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• noun the division of the scale based on an octave that is divided into twelve exactly equal semitones
  
  • equal temperament is the system commonly used in keyboard instruments

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• . (Mus.) See Temperament.

Webster 1913

• adjective satellite having the requisite qualities for
  adequate to; up to; capable.
  
  • equal to the task
  • the work isn't up to the standard I require

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• noun a map projection in which quadrilaterals formed by meridians and parallels have an area on the map proportional to their area on the globe
  equal-area map projection.
  

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• noun a map projection in which quadrilaterals formed by meridians and parallels have an area on the map proportional to their area on the globe
  equal-area map projection.
  

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• noun a law concerning the speed at which planets travel; a line connecting a planet to the sun will sweep out equal areas in equal times
  Kepler's second law; law of areas.
  
  • Kepler's second law means that a planet's orbital speed changes with its distance from the sun

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