equation

Other forms of equation

plural

equations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about equation

What does equation mean?

equation means "a mathematical statement that two expressions are equal". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in equation?

equation has 3 syllables: eq-ua-tion. The stress falls on "ua". In IPA it is /ɪˈkweɪʒən/.

What is another word for equation?

Close synonyms include equality, equivalence, par, equating. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is equation a common word?

equation is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.