Meanings
nounequability (usually uncountable, plural equabilities)
plural equabilities · alternative æquability
- uncountableusuallyThe condition of being equable.
She was taller than the man, and the equability of her body, contrasting with his indolent slouch, accentuated the difference.
1902, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Bush Studies (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 11
Origin
- Latinaequabilitas
- Englishequability
From Latin aequabilitas, from aequabilis.
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Dutch gelijkmatigheid, uniformiteit
- gelijkmatigheidcondition of being equable
- uniformiteitcondition of being equable
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