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evenness
1 a: having a horizontal surface : flat <even ground> b: being without break, indentation, or irregularity : smooth c: being in the same plane or line2 a: free from variation : uniform <his disposition was even> b: level 43 a: equal
, fair <an even exchange> b
(1): leaving nothing due on either side : square <we will not be even until you repay my visit>
(2): fully revenged c: being in equilibrium : balanced
; specifically : showing neither profit nor loss dobsolete : candid4 a: being any of the integers (as −2, 0, and +2) that are divisible by two without leaving a remainder b: marked by an even number c: being a mathematical function such that f(x) = f(−x) where the value remains unchanged if the sign of the independent variable is reversed5: exact
, precise <an even dollar>6: as likely as not : fifty-fifty <an even chance of winning>
— even·ly adverb
— even·ness
\-vən-nəs\
noun
— on an even keel also on even keel
: in a sound or stable condition
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