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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Equable \E"qua*ble\ (?; 277), adjective [L. aequabilis, fr. aequare to make level or equal, fr. aequus even, equal. See {Equal}.]
1. Equal and uniform; continuing the same at different times; -- said of motion, and the like; uniform in surface; smooth; as, an equable plain or globe.
2. Uniform in action or intensity; not variable or changing; -- said of the feelings or temper.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
equable
adjective
1: not varying; "an equable climate"
2: not easily irritated; "an equable temper"; "not everyone shared his placid temperament"; "remained placid despite the repeated delays" [syn: {even-tempered}, {good-tempered}, {placid}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
62 Moby Thesaurus words for "equable": accordant, alike, automatic, balanced, calm, collected, composed, consistent, consonant, constant, continuous, cool, correspondent, dispassionate, easygoing, equal, equivalent, even, even-tempered, flat, homogeneous, immutable, imperturbable, invariable, level, level-headed, levelheaded, measured, mechanical, methodic, methodical, monolithic, of a piece, ordered, orderly, peaceful, persistent, placid, regular, reposeful, robotlike, same, serene, smooth, stabile, stable, steadfast, steady, systematic, tranquil, unbroken, unchangeable, unchanged, unchanging, undeviating, undifferentiated, undiversified, unflappable, uniform, unruffled, unvaried, unvarying
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