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nonequation

nonequation noun: absence of equation; not equating things.

Noun

nonequation (uncountable)

  1. Absence of equation; not equating things.
    • It was in this way that the times of arabicization became involved in the issue of faith and works, of the equation — or nonequation — of the divine will and the human will […]1991, Kenneth Cragg, The Arab Christian: A History in the Middle East, page 66
    • In this sense, the literary text saves the earth by disclosing the nonequation of word and thing, poem and place.Quoted in 2013, Anat Pick, Guinevere Narraway, Screening Nature: Cinema beyond the Human (page 220)

Origin of nonequation

From non- + equation.

Questions about nonequation

What does nonequation mean?
Nonequation means absence of equation; not equating things.
What part of speech is nonequation?
Nonequation is a noun.

Words near nonequation in the dictionary

  1. nonequalitarians
  2. nonequalities
  3. nonequality
  4. nonequally
  5. nonequals
  6. nonequation
  7. nonequatorial
  8. nonequestrian
  9. nonequestrians
  10. nonequidimensional
  11. nonequidistant

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