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But talks with Equant ended last month after a series of disagreements between the two companies.

Previously, these services were provided in part by Equant.

In that case it is a synonym for equant.

This mismatch prompted Ptolemy to come up with the idea of an equant.

In many ways, Equant's geographic reach gives it a leg up in that sector.

Equant's competitors are not standing still, however.

Instead, the deferent was centered on a point halfway between the Earth and another point called the equant.

Dislike of the equant was a major motivation for Copernicus to construct his heliocentric system.

Equant remains in merger talks with France Telecom.

Created in 1995 by transforming an airline reservations system into a global communications provider, Equant now operates in more than 220 countries.

The angle α between the axis on which the equant and the Earth lie is a function of time t:

Equidimensional: This is a synonym for equant when it is used as an adjective.

Copernicus eliminated Ptolemy's somewhat-maligned equant but at a cost of additional epicycles.

This was largely because it sold part of its stake in Equant N.V., a data communications company.

In 3-D, the lobes reveal equant to elongated pillow shapes separated from each other by narrow clefts.

France Telecom confirmed that it was talking with Equant, which operates one of the largest data communication networks, about "a possible transaction."

For Equant, which lost $61 million in the first nine months of the year, joining France Telecom would bolster its existing network.

In this book, Ptolemy explained how to predict the behavior of the planets with the introduction of a new mathematical tool, the equant.

As of yesterday, Global Crossing's discussions with Equant were "very, very preliminary," according to one person close to the companies.

None of those discussions resulted in a deal, although France Telecom is still interested in Equant, people close to the company said.

About 3 billion euros worth of repurchased shares would then be used to pay for Equant, a data-communications network acquired in November.

Over the last year, Equant has discussed mergers with many partners, including Global Crossing and Infonet.

Didier Delepine, chairman and chief executive of Equant, who will head the combined company, said it should be operational by the second quarter of 2001.

France Télécom said it would cut 3,000 jobs, about one-fifth of the work force, at Equant, the Dutch-registered data carrier.

Equant (France Télécom)