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EQUANT

Definition: EQUANT

EQUANT

Noun

1. A circle around whose circumference a planet or the center of ann epicycle was conceived to move uniformly; -- called also eccentric equator.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

"EQUANT" is a common misspelling or typo for: equate, equated, equator, equine, equity, quaint, quanta, sequent, squint.

Specialty Definitions: EQUANT

Domain	Definitions
Mining	A. Said of a crystal having the same or nearly the same diameter in all directions. CF:anisodesmic; tabular; prismatic. Syn:equidimensional; isometric b. Said of a sedimentary particle whose length is less than 1.5 times its width c. Said of a rock in which the majority of grains are equant d. Refers to crystals with roughly equal dimensions. CF:tabular;lathlike; rodlike; acicular. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Commercial Usage: EQUANT

Domain	Title
References	Equant N.V.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Companies Outlook Series: An IDC Perspective - Equant [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference) EQUANT NV: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (Financial Performance Series) (reference) Global Carriers in Asia, Grab Your Partners: Part 1—WorldPartners, AT&T/BT Global Venture and Concert, Equant, and Global One [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Non-Fiction Usage: EQUANT

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		The global access carriers are AT&T Latin America, Global One, MCI-Worldcom, Global Crossing, Equant, Infonet and PSINet. (references)
Economic History	Austria	U.S. telecom services providers present in Austria include Abovenet Communications, Airpage, AT & T Network Services, Equant Network Services, Facilicom International, tele.ring, UPC Telekabel, UUNET and WorldCom. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Usage in Company Names: EQUANT

Country	Name
Netherlands	Equant N.V.
	(more examples...)

Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

Frequency of Internet Keywords: EQUANT

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
equant	105
eagle equant quick	4
equant sita	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Rhyming with "EQUANT"

Words rhyming with "EQUANT" (pronounced 'E"quant'): Piquant. (additional references)

Anagrams: EQUANT

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-n-q-t-u"
	-1 letter: quant, quate, quean.
	-2 letters: ante, aunt, etna, neat, tuna, tune.
	-3 letters: ane, ant, ate, eat, eau, eta, nae, net, nut, qat, qua, tae, tan, tau, tea, ten, tun, uta.
	-4 letters: ae, an, at, en, et, na, ne, nu, ta, un, ut.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-n-q-t-u"
	+1 letter: antique, banquet, quanted, quinate.
	+2 letters: antiqued, antiquer, antiques, aquatone, banquets, cotquean, equating, equation, equitant, quainter, quantile, quantize, quartern.
	+3 letters: antiquate, antiquers, aquatones, banqueted, banqueter, banquette, cotqueans, equations, quaintest, quantiles, quantized, quantizer, quantizes, quarterns, quittance, squatness.
	+4 letters: acquainted, antiplaque, antiquated, antiquates, aquatinted, aquatinter, banqueters, banqueting, banquettes, blanquette, coequating, equanimity, equational, equestrian, equitation, equivalent, inadequate, inequality, parqueting, quadrantes, quaintness, quantified, quantifier, quantifies, quantitate, quantities, quantizers, quarantine, quartering, quaternary, quaternion, quaternity, quittances, reacquaint, sequential, tranquiler.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

Alternative Orthography: EQUANT

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 51 55 41 4E 54

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

. --.- ..- .- -. -

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01010001 01010101 01000001 01001110 01010100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#81 &#85 &#65 &#78 &#84

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 0051 0055 0041 004E 0054

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

395155354854

INDEX

1. Definition
2. Usage: Commercial
3. Quotations: Non-fiction
4. Names: Company Usage

5. Expressions: Internet
6. Rhymes
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography

9. Bibliography

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