Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Nearly equal.
- Related as several numbers of which no one is as large as the sum of the rest.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Nearly equal.
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- adjective biology Nearly
equal - adjective mathematics Describing a set of
numbers , none of which is as great as thesum of all the rest
Etymologies
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Parallel ranges and valleys on folded, faulted and metamorphosed strata; rounded crests of subequal height.
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This is a subsection of northwest trending hills with subequal summits, rounded ridges, steep sides, and narrow canyons.
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Parallel ranges, folded, faulted and metamorphosed strata; rounded crests of subequal height.
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The second and the third glumes are subequal 5 - to 7-nerved.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari
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Male spikelets are geminate, one sessile and one pedicelled, 2-flowered or imperfect, and with four glumes, which are subequal.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari
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The first and the second glumes are subequal and empty, and the first glume is winged along the inflated margins.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari
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The first two glumes are subequal or unequal, persistent; the first glume is 1-nerved and the second glume is 1 - to 7-nerved.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari
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The _empty glumes_ are subequal or the first is a little shorter, ovate, acute, membranous, keeled, and sometimes the keels with glands; the
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari
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The first two glumes are membranous, lanceolate, and subequal.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari
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The first and the second glumes are subequal, membranous.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari
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