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equals sign

equals sign is the alternative form of equal sign.

Meaning of equal sign

Noun

equal sign (plural equal signs)

  1. A symbol (=) used in mathematics to indicate that two values are the same, and elsewhere in various other ways, such as (formerly) to separate the signature from the content of a telegram.

Forms of equals sign

pluralequals signs

Questions about equals sign

What is equals sign the alternative form of?
Equals sign is the alternative form of equal sign.

Words near equals sign in the dictionary

  1. equally
  2. equally as
  3. equally pinnate
  4. equalness
  5. equals
  6. equals sign
  7. equals signs
  8. equangular
  9. Equanil
  10. equanimitable
  11. equanimitably

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Adapted from Wiktionary: equals sign (page history and authors); equal sign (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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