Found 1 items, similar to Equant.
English → English (gcide) Definition: Equant Equant \E"quant\, n. [L. aequans, -antis, p. pr. of aequare: cf. F. ['e]quant. See Equate.] (Ptolemaic Astron.) A circle around whose circumference a planet or the center of ann epicycle was conceived to move uniformly; -- called also eccentric equator. [1913 Webster]