Equivalence

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"Equivalence" in a Sentence (9 examples)

The tilde is used in math to denote equivalence.

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An important year in scientific history is 1905, when Einstein changed the face of physics with his theories of special relativity, mass-energy equivalence and the photoelectric effect.

Semantic equivalence is protean as well as fuzzy: what hoi polloi find equivalent may to cognoscenti be quite distinct.

There are words in Portuguese that don't have translation or equivalence in other languages like "açaí", "samba" or "guaraná".

“A dog’s nose is absolutely astounding, in terms of what it can detect,” Logan told VOA. “We’re talking about parts per trillion. So it’s like a teaspoon of sugar in two Olympic-sized swimming pools, it’s that sort of equivalence.”

This suggested the idea that if the three colours could be so balanced that the light transmitted was colourless, it would be evidence of equivalence of intensity in the individual colours.

[…] whether the transgression of Eve seducing, did not exceed that of Adam seduced, or whether the resistibility of his reason did not equivalence the facility of her seduction, we shall referre it unto the Schoolman.

[…] every one being struck with wonder at the vertue and patience of the sufferers, began to think that worthy the enquiring into, which men thought so much better worth then their lives; and these reflections converted more then the best verball expressions, to such auditors, as thought life not to be equivalenced by any compensation.

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