Comment Re:first such equation which measures? (Score 1) 222
Even more correctly, an equation "describes". The accuracy of the description provided by the equation relative to measure, may merely be an estimate, or may be perfect. They may describe the limits within which values must fall, or the values themselves. Measurements themselves are after all, only estimates withing a certain degree of precision. Playing semantics isn't really the point though. What you have here is a theory that accurately predicts and explains the behavior with an accompanying equation that describes how the variables contribute said same behavior.