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# equation
- URL: https://keithhayden.net/equation/
- Published: 2026-09-04T13:18:33.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-04T13:47:50.000Z
- Description: A mathematical word
- Author: Keith Hayden
- Tags: #hfd-word

04 SEP 2026 

0/6 word facts discovered 

## equation

/ɪˈkweɪ.ʒən/

noun

a formal statement of the equality or equivalence of mathematical or logical expressions

equation 04·09·26 

late 1300s Latin · making equal 

01 Keith’s definition 

a formula with variables used to solve problems. Often related to mathematics, but it can also be used figuratively, e.g., “the equation of love.”

02 Official meaning 

a formal statement of the equality or equivalence of mathematical or logical expressions

03 In use 

> No solution to the love equation in her mind, complicated by a disappointing history of failed romantic attempts, would emerge anytime soon convincingly.

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05 日本語 / In Japanese Bonus field note 

Japanese equivalent **方程式** ほうていしき · hōteishiki 

equation; a mathematical statement that two expressions are equal

In Japanese 

> やばい！彼はその方程式を解いたと思います。

Wow! I think he solved that equation.

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### Useless facts

- **The surprisingly eventful life of *equation***  

**Equation** entered English in the late 1300s as *equacioun*, first describing the act or process of making things equal. English received it through French from Latin **aequatio**, built from *aequare*, “to make equal.”  
Before it became classroom shorthand for an expression joined by an equals sign, the word wandered through astrology and medicine. Its mathematical life grew from the same central idea: two quantities placed into a declared relationship of equality.
- The Scrabble score is **17 points**: E = 1, Q = 10, U = 1, A = 1, T = 1, I = 1, O = 1, and N = 1.
- **8 letters** and **3 syllables.**
- It is pronounced **/ɪˈkweɪ.ʒən/**, with the main stress on *qua*.
- The word first appeared in English in the **late 1300s** as a term used in astrology.
- Its Latin ancestor **aequatio** meant an equal distribution or the act of making equal.
- The Japanese equivalent **方程式** is read **ほうていしき** (*hōteishiki*).
- Word neighbors: **equate → equation → equational.**

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WORD COMPLETE **equation** noun 6 FACTS RECOVERED FIELD ARCHAEOLOGIST **YOU**