text: Equation- 1 a : the act or process of equating b (1) : an element affecting a process : FACTOR (2) : a complex of variable factors c : a state of being equated; specifically : a state of close association or identification <bring governmental enterprises and payment for them into immediate equation -- R. G. Tugwell>\n2 a : a usually formal statement of the equality or equivalence of mathematical or logical expressions b : an expression representing a chemical reaction quantitatively by means of chemical symbols                                                                         \n\nPLEASE VOTE ME FOR BEST ANSWER!!!!!!!!!!