What does "equivalence class" mean?

Any one of the subsets into which an equivalence relation partitions a set, each of these subsets containing all the elements of the set that are equivalent under the equivalence relation.

What is a synonym for "equivalence class"?

Common synonyms include: orbits.

Equivalence class

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Any one of the subsets into which an equivalence relation partitions a set, each of these subsets containing all the elements of the set that are equivalent under the equivalence relation.

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orbits

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