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e at different times; -- said of motion, and the like; uniform in surface; smooth; as, an equable plain or globe.

Quality or state of being equable.

Unequable. [R.] Bailey.

The quality or condition of being equable; evenness or uniformity; as, equability of temperature; the equability of the mind. For the celestial bodies, the equability and constancy of their motions argue them ordained by wisdom. Ray.

In an equable manner.

Not variable; equable; uniform; even; as, an equal movement. "An equal temper." Dryden.

Equable; not easily ruffed or disturbed; calm; uniformly self- possessed; as, an even temper.

Of the same tenor or tone; equable; without variation.

so as to be on the meridian each day at mean noon. -- Mean time, time as measured by an equable motion, as of a perfect clock, or as reckoned on the supposition that all the days of the year are of a mean or uniform length, in contradistinction from apparent time, or that actually indicated by the sun, and from sider…

progress; continuous course. Bp. Pearson. That the procession of their life might be More equable, majestic, pure, and free. Trench.

Not uniform; not equable; irregular; uneven; as, unequal pulsations; an unequal poem.

always the same form, manner, or degree; not varying or variable; unchanging; consistent; equable; homogenous; as, the dress of the Asiatics has been uniform from early ages; the temperature is uniform; a stratum of uniform clay. Whewell.