equate
Etymology

From Middle English equaten, from Latin aequātus, past participle of aequō.

Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ɪˈkweɪt/
Verb

equate (equates, present participle equating; simple past and past participle equated)

  1. (transitive) To consider equal or equivalent (to or with).
  2. (transitive, mathematics) To set as equal.
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equate (plural equates)

  1. (programming) A statement in assembly language that defines a symbol having a particular value.
    • 2005, Arnold S. Berger, Hardware and Computer Organization, page 220:
      The first section of the program includes the system equates.
    • 2009, Saifullah Khalid, Neetu Agrawal, Microprocessor System, page 256:
      The following equates define the stats byte […]
    • 2012, J. S. Anderson, Microprocessor Technology, page 221:
      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.



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