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Definition of Subequal
1. a. Nearly equal.
Definition of Subequal
1. Adjective. (biology) Nearly equal ¹
2. Adjective. (mathematics) Describing a set of numbers, none of which is as great as the sum of all the rest ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Subequal
1. a subordinate equal [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Subequal
Literary usage of Subequal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue of the Specimens of Amphipodous Crustacea in the Collection of the by Charles Spence Bate (1862)
"Inferior antennae having the peduncle as long as the peduncle of the superior,
last two joints subequal ; flagellum not longer than the last joint of the ..."
2. A Manual of the Infusoria: Including a Description of All Known Flagellate by William Saville Kent (1880)
"Animalcules solitary, free-swimming, secreting a more or less flexible lorica ;
flagella two in number, subequal ; lateral pigment-bands conspicuously ..."
3. The Student's Flora of the British Islands by Joseph Dalton Hooker (1878)
"Perianth inferior, scarious oi' coriaceous ; segments 6 in 2 series, free,
subequal, persistent, imbricate in bud. Stamens tí, inserted on the bases of the ..."
4. The Mosquitoes of North and Central America and the West Indies by Leland Ossian Howard, Harrison Gray Dyar, Frederick Knab (1917)
"... single scales with triangular base, the body thick and broadly rounded, spined
nearly evenly all round, about seven subequal spines on the broad tip. ..."
5. Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History) by George Albert Boulenger (1894)
"Maxillary teeth 12 to 22, subequal in si/e; anterior mandibular teeth longest.
Head distinct from neck, elongate ; eye moderate or rather large, ..."
6. A Flora of Western Middle California by Willis Linn Jepson (1901)
"white hairs; lower divisions of calyx twice longer than tube; corolla stigmas
subequal; nutlets smooth, often- mottled, minutely hispid at blue, ..."
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