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rank — /ræŋk/ noun a position in a company or an organisation, especially one which shows how important someone is relative to others ● All managers are of equal rank. ● Promotion means moving up from a lower rank. ♦ in rank order in order according to… … Dictionary of banking and finance
equal — 1 adj [Latin aequalis, from aequus level, equal] 1: like in quality, nature, or status 2: like for each member of a group, class, or society 3: regarding or affecting all objects in the same way: impartial equal 2 … Law dictionary
equal — [ē′kwəl] adj. [ME < L aequalis, equal < aequus, level, even, flat] 1. of the same quantity, size, number, value, degree, intensity, quality, etc. 2. having the same rights, privileges, ability, rank, etc. 3. evenly proportioned; balanced or … English World dictionary
Equal — E qual, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Equaled}or {Equalled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Equaling} or {Equalling}.] 1. To be or become equal to; to have the same quantity, the same value, the same degree or rank, or the like, with; to be commen?urate with. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Equal — E qual, n. 1. One not inferior or superior to another; one having the same or a similar age, rank, station, office, talents, strength, or other quality or condition; an equal quantity or number; as, If equals be taken from equals the remainders… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
equal — [adj1] alike according, balanced, break even, commensurate, comparable, coordinate, correspondent, corresponding, double, duplicate, egalitarian, equivalent, evenly matched, fifty fifty*, homologous, identic, identical, indistinguishable,… … New thesaurus
Rank (linear algebra) — The column rank of a matrix A is the maximum number of linearly independent column vectors of A. The row rank of a matrix A is the maximum number of linearly independent row vectors of A. Equivalently, the column rank of A is the dimension of the … Wikipedia
Rank of a group — For the dimension of the Cartan subgroup, see Rank of a Lie group In the mathematical subject of group theory, the rank of a group G , denoted rank( G ), can refer to the smallest cardinality of a generating set for G , that is:… … Wikipedia
equal — adj., n., & v. adj. 1 (often foll. by to, with) the same in quantity, quality, size, degree, rank, level, etc. 2 evenly balanced (an equal contest). 3 having the same rights or status (human beings are essentially equal). 4 uniform in application … Useful english dictionary
Rank of an abelian group — In mathematics, the rank, or torsion free rank, of an abelian group measures how large a group is in terms of how large a vector space over the rational numbers one would need to contain it; or alternatively how large a free abelian group it can… … Wikipedia
