subequal
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
subequal (not comparable)
- (biology) Nearly equal
- 1869 April, “Anthropological News”, in The Anthropological Review, volume VII, number XXV, London: Asher & Co., […], →OCLC, page 215:
- The Nova Scotian Giantess.—A correspondent had the opportunity of inspecting this remarkably large female [Anna Swan] during the exhibition at the Egyptian Hall, and forwards the following notes:— […] The hand is spatulous; the fingers short and subequal in length.
- (mathematics) Describing a set of numbers, none of which is as great as the sum of all the rest
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.