adequation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Equivalence.
  2. A change in the meaning of a term depending upon context.
  3. The act of equalizing; act or result of making adequate; an equivalent.

Word forms

adequation adequations

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin adaequatio, from ad + aequatio.

Derived words

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