equable

equable
    adj 1: not varying; "an equable climate"
    2: not easily irritated; "an equable temper"; "not everyone
       shared his placid temperament"; "remained placid despite the
       repeated delays" [syn: {equable}, {even-tempered}, {good-
       tempered}, {placid}]
    

Equable \E"qua*ble\ (?; 277), a. [L. aequabilis, fr. aequare to
   make level or equal, fr. aequus even, equal. See {Equal}.]
   1. Equal and uniform; continuing the same at different times;
      -- said of motion, and the like; uniform in surface;
      smooth; as, an equable plain or globe.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Uniform in action or intensity; not variable or changing;
      -- said of the feelings or temper.
      [1913 Webster]
    

62 Moby Thesaurus words for "equable":
      accordant, alike, automatic, balanced, calm, collected, composed,
      consistent, consonant, constant, continuous, cool, correspondent,
      dispassionate, easygoing, equal, equivalent, even, even-tempered,
      flat, homogeneous, immutable, imperturbable, invariable, level,
      level-headed, levelheaded, measured, mechanical, methodic,
      methodical, monolithic, of a piece, ordered, orderly, peaceful,
      persistent, placid, regular, reposeful, robotlike, same, serene,
      smooth, stabile, stable, steadfast, steady, systematic, tranquil,
      unbroken, unchangeable, unchanged, unchanging, undeviating,
      undifferentiated, undiversified, unflappable, uniform, unruffled,
      unvaried, unvarying