Equable \E"qua*ble\ (?; 277), a. [L. aequabilis, fr. aequare to
make level or equal, fr. aequus even, equal. See Equal.]
1. Equal and uniform; continuing the same at different times;
-- said of motion, and the like; uniform in surface;
smooth; as, an equable plain or globe.
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2. Uniform in action or intensity; not variable or changing;
-- said of the feelings or temper.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
equable
adj 1: not varying; "an equable climate"
2: not easily irritated; "an equable temper"; "not everyone
shared his placid temperament"; "remained placid despite
the repeated delays" [syn: even-tempered, good-tempered,
placid]
WordNet (r) 2.0
62 Moby Thesaurus words for "equable":
accordant, alike, automatic, balanced, calm, collected, composed,
consistent, consonant, constant, continuous, cool, correspondent,
dispassionate, easygoing, equal, equivalent, even, even-tempered,
flat, homogeneous, immutable, imperturbable, invariable, level,
level-headed, levelheaded, measured, mechanical, methodic,
methodical, monolithic, of a piece, ordered, orderly, peaceful,
persistent, placid, regular, reposeful, robotlike, same, serene,
smooth, stabile, stable, steadfast, steady, systematic, tranquil,
unbroken, unchangeable, unchanged, unchanging, undeviating,
undifferentiated, undiversified, unflappable, uniform, unruffled,
unvaried, unvarying
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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