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.
2. (Science: astronomy) The great circle of the celestial sphere, coincident with the plane of the earth's equator; so called because when the sun is in it, the days and nights are of equal length; hence called also the equinoctial, and on maps, globes, etc, the equinoctial line.. (Science: astronomy) equator of the sun or of a planet, the great circle whose plane passes through through the center of the body, and is perpendicular to its axis of revolution. Origin: L. Aequator one who equalizes: cf. F. Equateur equator.