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third-person singular simple present equates, present participle equating, simple past and past participle equated
(transitive) To consider equal or equivalent (to or with). examples
(transitive, mathematics) To set as equal. quotations examples
Mr. Hoyle, who does not believe many multiple-unit diesel services on secondary routes will resist for ever the road transport challenge, would forgo passenger traffic altogether on a little-used route in order to improve the quality of the freight working and reduce its costs by equating the average speed of all trains on the line concerned.
1960 February, “Talking of Trains”, in Trains Illustrated, page 67
plural equates
(programming) A statement in assembly language that defines a symbol having a particular value. quotations examples
The first section of the program includes the system equates.
2005, Arnold S. Berger, Hardware and Computer Organization, page 220
The following equates define the stats byte […]
2009, Saifullah Khalid, Neetu Agrawal, Microprocessor System, page 256
You can learn much about user routines, labels, displacements, equates (EQU) and so on, by modifying this program and observing the results on the screen.
2012, J. S. Anderson, Microprocessor Technology, page 221