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equation  

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  • In mathematics, an equation is a mathematical formula that expresses the equality of two expressions, by connecting them with the equals sign =. The word equation and its cognates in other languages may have subtly different meanings; for example, in French an équation is defined as containing one or more variables, while in English, any well-formed formula consisting of two expressions related with an equals sign is an equation.
    (Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equation)

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