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equal

[′ē·kwəl]
(mathematics)
Being the same in some sense determined by context.
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[2] The myriameter is equal to rather more than 10,936 cubic yards English.
"Because we are floating in space, my dear captain, and in space bodies fall or move (which is the same thing) with equal speed whatever be their weight or form; it is the air, which by its resistance creates these differences in weight.
And if you are not crushed by such a pressure, it is because the air penetrates the interior of your body with equal pressure.
Coverage remained [greater than or equal to] 90% for [greater than or equal to] 3 doses of poliovirus vaccine (91.9%), [greater than or equal to] 1 dose MMR (91.1%), [greater than or equal to] 1 dose of varicella vaccine (90.6%), and [greater than or equal to] 3 doses of HepB (90.5%) (Table 1).
Additionally, because the production should include only 400 units of product A and at least 300 units of product B, the inequalities expressing respectively the restrictions are A [less than or equal to] 400 (3) and B [greater than or equal to] 300 (4).
(1.1) N(t) = inf {n: [n.summation over (i=1)] [[theta].sub.i] [less than or equal to] t}, t [greater than or equal to] 0,
Michael Turner said of Pelosi, "She needs to come to some recognition that she's not equal to the president of the United States."
(ii) A neutrosophic crisp semi-open set (briefly NCS-OS) [3] if A [subset or equal to] NCcl(NCintCA)).