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Equals sign

The equals sign (British English) or equal sign (American English), also known as the equality sign, is the mathematical symbol =, which is used to indicate equality. In an equation, it is placed between two expressions that have the same value, or for which one studies the conditions under which they have the same value.

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U+2260 ≠ NOT EQUAL TO U+2248 ≈ ALMOST EQUAL TO U+2261 ≡ IDENTICAL TO

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Triples62
Avg. degree1.98
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related to Other related symbols · 19
Equals sign → Additional, ALL EQUAL TO, Backus, COLON EQUALS, CORRESPONDS TO, DELTA EQUAL TO, DOUBLE COLON EQUAL, EQUALS COLON, EQUIANGULAR TO, ESTIMATES, MEASURED BY, Naur, QUESTIONED EQUAL TO, RING EQUAL TO, RING IN EQUAL TO, STAR EQUALS, THREE CONSECUTIVE EQUALS SIGNS, TWO CONSECUTIVE EQUALS SIGNS, Unicode
related to history · 13
Equals sign → AD, Arithmetica, Diophantus's, Gemowe, In, Latin, Prior, Recorde, Robert Recorde, The, The Whetstone, Welsh, Witte
related to LGBT activism · 7
Equals sign → Equal, Human Rights Campaign, In, It, LGBT, United Nations, United Nations Free
related to Usage in mathematics and computer programming · 6
Equals sign → For, Fortran, In, In Fortran, The, This
related to Telegrams and Telex · 5
Equals sign → Break Text, BT, In Morse, Telex, The
related to Several equals signs · 4
Equals sign → Boolean, For, In, In PHP
related to Incorrect usage · 2
Equals sign → For, The
In Unicode · 1
Equals sign → .mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace}U+003D = EQUALS SIGN (=)
See also · 1
Equals sign → U+2260 ≠ NOT EQUAL TO U+2248 ≈ ALMOST EQUAL TO U+2261 ≡ IDENTICAL TO
related to Chemistry · 1
Equals sign → In

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Equals signIn Unicode.mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace}U+003D = EQUALS SIGN (=)1.00infobox
Equals signSee alsoU+2260 ≠ NOT EQUAL TO U+2248 ≈ ALMOST EQUAL TO U+2261 ≡ IDENTICAL TO1.00infobox
mathematicsinstance ofbut in other areas and specialized literature0.80text
Equals signrelated to ChemistryIn0.60section
Equals signrelated to EncodingsRelated0.60section
Equals signrelated to historyPrior0.60section
Equals signrelated to historyDiophantus's0.60section
Equals signrelated to historyArithmetica0.60section
Equals signrelated to historyAD0.60section
Equals signrelated to historyThe0.60section
Equals signrelated to historyWelsh0.60section
Equals signrelated to historyRobert Recorde0.60section

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