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Equivalent

//ɪˈkwɪvələnt// adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Similar or identical in value, meaning or effect; virtually equal.

    "To burn calories, a thirty-minute jog is equivalent to a couple of hamburgers."

  2. 2
    Of two sets, having a one-to-one correspondence.

    "All enumerable sets are equivalent to each other, but not to any finite set."

  3. 3
    Relating to the corresponding elements of an equivalence relation.
  4. 4
    Of two categories, (informally) such that one is essentially a relabeling of the other; (formally) related by a pair of functors such the composition of the one with the other is naturally isomorphic to the identity functor.
  5. 5
    Having the equal ability to combine.
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  1. 6
    Of a map, equal-area.
  2. 7
    Equal in measure but not admitting of superposition; applied to magnitudes.

    "A square may be equivalent to a triangle."

Adjective
  1. 1
    being essentially equal to something wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    Anything that is virtually equal to something else, or has the same value, force, etc.

    "He owned that, if the Test Act were repealed, the Protestants were entitled to an equivalent, and went so far as to suggest several equivalents."

  2. 2
    the atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element; the standard is 8 for oxygen wordnet
  3. 3
    An equivalent weight.
  4. 4
    a person or thing equal to another in value or measure or force or effect or significance etc wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To make equivalent to; to equal. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin aequivalentem, accusative singular of aequivalēns, present active participle of aequivaleō (“I am equivalent, have equal power”). By surface analysis, equi- + -valent.

Etymology 2

From Latin aequivalentem, accusative singular of aequivalēns, present active participle of aequivaleō (“I am equivalent, have equal power”). By surface analysis, equi- + -valent.

Etymology 3

From Latin aequivalentem, accusative singular of aequivalēns, present active participle of aequivaleō (“I am equivalent, have equal power”). By surface analysis, equi- + -valent.

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