Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

equal sign

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.51 in modern English

Syllables: equal sign
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A symbol (=) used in mathematics to indicate that two values are the same, and elsewhere in various other ways, such as (formerly) to separate the signature from the content of a telegram.

Inflected Forms

equal signs (plural) equals sign (alternative)

Questions

What does equal sign mean?: A symbol (=) used in mathematics to indicate that two values are the same, and elsewhere in various other ways, such as (formerly) to separate the signature from the content of a telegram.

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