Name the three composers who are considered masters of the classical era. T/F Composers in the classical period continued to use terraced dynamics in their compositions. T/F The basso continuo was gradually abandoned during the classical period. T/F Classical composers stressed balance and clarity of structure.
equate (third-person singular simple present equates, present participle equating, simple past and past participle equated) 1  To consider equal, to state as being equivalent. ( 2 mathematics) To set as equal.
Word Origin and History for equate Expand. v. early 15c., from Latin aequatus level, levelled, even, past participle of aequare make even or uniform, make equal, from aequus level, even, equal (see equal (adj.)). Earliest use in English was of astrological calculation, then to make equal; meaning to regard as equal is early 19c.