[ad. L. adæquatiōn-em, n. of action, f. adæquāre: see ADEQUATE v.]
1. The action of equalizing, or making equal or commensurate; commensuration.
1651. N. Biggs, New Dispens., § 295. 218. There is required an adæquation of the remedy to the indisposition.
1684. trans. Bonet’s Merc. Compit., III. 87. The concoction and maturation of Defluxions, is the moderation or adequation of their substance.
1866. Q. Rev., CXIX. 74. The growing strength of criticism in society must be met by the continuous adequation of a like reflective strength in the individual.
† 2. The action or fact of equalling. Obs.
1589. Nashe, Anat. Absurd., 42. Let vs with Themistocles, set before our eyes one of the excellentest to imitate, in whose example insisting, our industry may be doubled, to the adequation of his praise.
3. The result of equalizing or rendering adequate; produced equivalency; concr. an equivalent.
1605. Timme, Quersit., II. iv. 116. The perfect combination, adequation, equabilitie of elements.
1626. Andrewes, Serm. (1856), I. 185. Then are the words uttered true, when there is a just adequation between them and the mind.
1662. Fuller, Worthies, I. 98. The arme of King Edward the first … is notoriously known to have been the adequation of a yard.
1726. Penn, Wks., I. 452. There ought to be an Adequation and Resemblance betwixt all Ends, and the Means to them.
