zequals
/ˈziːkwəlz/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A technique for simplifying mental approximations by reducing each number to one significant figure followed by zeroes.
Uncountable
verb
Is equal to, after performing such a reduction.
Example Sentences
- "Zequals is a fun way of ruthlessly rounding numbers so that every number you deal with becomes simple. Using Zequals, whenever you encounter a number, you immediately round it to a single digit followed by zeroes (if it's bigger than ten)."
- "Using Zequals, whenever you encounter a number, you immediately round it to a single digit followed by zeroes (if it's bigger than ten). So for example: 18 zequals 20. 142 zequals 100. 2.3 zequals 2."