E-quāte′, v. t.

v. t. [imp. & p. p. EQUATED; p. pr. & vb. n. EQUATING.] [Lat. æquare, æquatum. See supra.] To make equal; to reduce to an average; to make such an allowance or correction in as will reduce to a common standard of comparison; as, to equate payments; to equate lines of railroad for grades or curves; equated distances.

Equating for grades (Railway Engin.), the operation of adding to the measured distance one mile for each twenty feet of ascent.—Equating for curves, the act of adding half a mile for each three hundred and sixty degrees of curvature.