EQUAL SIGN Definition & Meaning

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equal sign

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noun

Mathematics.

the symbol (=), used in a mathematical expression to indicate that the terms it separates are equal.

equal sign

noun

the symbol =, used to indicate a mathematical equality

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Origin of equal sign¹

First recorded in 1905–10

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The anti-CRT bowdlerizers will also excise discussion of “equality,” banning as odious the equal sign.

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For obligatory purchases like gas and groceries, add an equal sign.

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I look at the blue-and-yellow equal sign sticker on the window by the door right below the Jump & Grind sign.

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The day after the mural first appeared, Black Lives Matter activists took the emblem of the D.C. flag and remade it into an equal sign that was followed by the words “Defund the Police.”

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Within days, activists had erased the stars to create the appearance of an equal sign and added their own message, turning the mural into “Black Lives Matter=Defund The Police.”

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