Equable Definition

ĕkwə-bəl, ēkwə-
adjective
Not varying or fluctuating much; steady; uniform.
An equable temperature.
Webster's New World
Unvarying; steady.
American Heritage
Not readily upset; even; tranquil; serene.
An equable temperament.
Webster's New World

(of temperature) Free from extremes of heat or cold.

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Origin of Equable

  • Latin aequābilis from aequāre to make even from aequus even, level

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin aequābilis, from aequō (“make level”), from aequus (“even, level”).

    From Wiktionary

Equable Sentence Examples

  • It has a dry and equable climate and beautiful scenery.

  • The climate is equable and healthy.

  • The climate is healthy and equable, and for a tropical country the temperature is moderate.

  • Its dry and equable climate renders Alicante a popular health-resort.

  • The arboreous forms which least require the humid and equable heat of the more truly tropical and equatorial climates, and are best able to resist the high temperatures and excessive drought of the northern Indian hot months from April to June, are certain Leguminosae, Bauhinia, Acacia, Butea and Dalbergia, Bombax, Shorea, Nauclea, Lagerstroemia, and Bignonia, a few bamboos and palms, with others which extend far beyond the tropic, and give a tropical aspect to the forest to the extreme northern border of the Indian plain.

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