equate

verb
/ɪˈkweɪt/UK

Etymology

From Middle English equaten, from Latin aequātus, perfect passive participle of aequō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

  1. derived from aequātus
  2. inherited from equaten

Definitions

  1. To consider equal or equivalent (to or with).

    • Coordinate term: correspond
  2. To set as equal.

  3. A statement in assembly language that defines a symbol having a particular value.

    • The first section of the program includes the system equates.
    • The following equates define the stats byte […]
    • 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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at equate. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at equate. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at equate

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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