the act of equating or making equal; equalization: the symbolic equation of darkness with death. equally balanced state; equilibrium. Mathematics. an expression or a proposition, often algebraic, asserting the equality of two quantities.
The word elk, like the Swedish word Ã¤lg (pronounced /elj/), is taken from the Latin alces. To make matters even more confusing, elk in North America is used for an entirely different animal â a kind of deer, Cervus elaphus, otherwise known as a Wapiti, which looks like this. The European elk (or moose), on the other hand, looks like this:
. The name elk is used in North America to designate a different animal, the wapiti wapiti, large North American deer, Cervus canadensis, closely related to the Old World red deer. It is commonly called elk in America although the name elk is used in Europe to refer to the moose......Click the link for more information. , closely related to the red deer of Europe.he Eurasian species, A. alces, is known in Europe as the elk, a name which in North America is applied to another large deer, the wapiti...... Click the link for more information. .