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plural equants
(obsolete, astronomy) The center of a planetary epicycle.
comparative more equant, superlative most equant
Having comparable measurements in all directions; equidimensional. quotations examples
If all crystallization centers are evenly spaced, the resulting microcrystals will form equant, polyhedral blocks of subuniform size such as those observed with the electron microscope.
1982, Geological Survey Professional Paper, number 1173, page 374