equate

To consider equal or equivalent (to or with).

Coordinate term: correspond

To set as equal.

Mr. Hoyle, who does not believe many multiple-unit diesel services on secondary routes will resist for ever the road transport challenge, would forgo passenger traffic altogether on a little-used route in order to improve the quality of the freight working and reduce its costs by equating the average speed of all trains on the line concerned.

A statement in assembly language that defines a symbol having a particular value.

The first section of the program includes the system equates.

The following equates define the stats byte […]