equational

[ ih-kwey-zhuh-nl, -shuh- ]

adjective

1. of, using, or involving equations.
2. Biology. pertaining to the second or nonreductional cell division in meiosis, in which each chromosome divides into two equal parts.
3. Grammar. (of a sentence or predication) consisting of a subject and a complement with or without a copula:

   “Very interesting, those books” is an equational sentence.

Other Words From

• e·quation·al·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of equational¹

First recorded in 1860–65; equation + -al ¹

Example Sentences

Field: Without getting too equational about it, the Five certainly informs it.

From Washington Post

It ignores, however, the fundamental differences which exist, brings all faiths into the same equational value, and assumes that they are equally effective as ways of salvation.

From Project Gutenberg

The equational treatment of propositions is closely connected with the diagrammatic.

From Project Gutenberg

But, coming to the negatives, the equational interpretation is certainly less obvious.

From Project Gutenberg

His selection, it seems to me, is open to grave censure, on broader grounds than the mere personally equational of which he speaks, and his choppings, and sub-titles, and so forth, are not commendable.

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