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Equal-to

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in mathematics. The symbol (=), two little parallel lines, was invented by Robert Recorde, who died 1558.

“As he said, nothing is more equal than parallel lines.”

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Epimenides
Epiphany
Episemon
Episode
Epistle
Epi-zootic
Epoch
Epode
Epsom Races
Epsom Salts
Equal-to
Equation of Time
Eques Auratus
Equipage
Equity
Era
Eraclius
Erastians
Erastianism
Erebus
Eretrian