equation

ecuación

Una expresión matemática que indica que dos cantidades o expresiones tienen el mismo valor.

En inglés sencillo: A statement in mathematics showing that two amounts or expressions have the same value.

• Solve this equation to find the missing number.
• We solved three equations in class.
• Does this equation have more than one solution?

Sinónimos: equality

Expresiones frecuentes: solve an equation, linear equation, quadratic equation, simple equation

situación, ecuación

El conjunto de factores que influyen conjuntamente en una situación.

En inglés sencillo: All the things that work together to influence a situation.

• Money is only part of the equation.
• Her arrival changed the whole equation.
• We must include travel time in the equation.

Sinónimos: situation

Expresiones frecuentes: part of the equation, political equation, economic equation

equiparación, identificación

El hecho de considerar dos cosas iguales o estrechamente relacionadas.

En inglés sencillo: The act of treating two things as the same or closely connected.

• The equation of money with success is common.
• He rejected the equation of beauty with goodness.
• This equation of age with wisdom ignores individual differences.

Cómo se usa: equation of A with B (She challenged the equation of wealth with happiness.)

Sinónimos: equating, identification

Expresiones frecuentes: equation of wealth, equation with success