The tilde is used in math to denote equivalence.
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Equivalence
//ɪˈkwɪv.ə.ləns//
Synonyms for "equivalence" (107 found)
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Closest matches (22)
Strong matches (32)
Related words (53)
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6 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
24 entriesKnuth equivalenceMorita equivalenceRicardian equivalenceautoequivalencebioequivalencedynamic equivalenceelementary equivalenceequivalence classequivalence gateequivalence of categoriesequivalence principleequivalence relationfalse equivalenceformal equivalencefunctional equivalencegenomic equivalence
Showing 16 of 24 words.
derived from
1 entrieshas context
5 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
21 entriesShowing 16 of 21 words.
Translations
38 translations across 20 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- njëvlerësi noun (condition of being equivalent)
Bulgarian
2 entries- равностойност noun (condition of being equivalent)
- тъждество noun (equivalence relation)
Catalan
1 entries- equivalència noun (condition of being equivalent)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 對應 /对应 noun (degree to which a term or text is similar)
- 對等 /对等 noun (degree to which a term or text is similar)
Czech
1 entries- ekvivalence noun (relationship between two propositions)
Dutch
1 entries- gelijkwaardigheid noun (condition of being equivalent)
Estonian
1 entries- samasus noun (condition of being equivalent)
Finnish
4 entries- ekvivalenssi noun (equivalence relation)
- ekvivalenssi noun (relationship between two propositions)
- ekvivalenssi noun (number in intersection theory)
- ekvivalenssi noun (degree to which a term or text is similar)
French
3 entries- équivalence noun (condition of being equivalent)
- équivalence noun (equivalence relation)
- équivalence noun (relationship between two propositions)
German
3 entries- Gleichwertigkeit noun (condition of being equivalent)
- Äquivalenz noun (equivalence relation)
- Äquivalenz noun (relationship between two propositions)
Greek
1 entries- ισοδυναμία noun (relationship between two propositions)
Hindi
3 entries- तुल्यता noun (condition of being equivalent)
- पर्यायत्व noun (degree to which a term or text is similar)
- समानार्थकता noun (degree to which a term or text is similar)
Hungarian
1 entries- egyenértékűség noun (condition of being equivalent)
Latvian
1 entries- līdzvērtība noun (condition of being equivalent)
Malay
1 entries- persamaan noun (condition of being equivalent)
Polish
1 entries- równoważność noun (condition of being equivalent)
Portuguese
1 entries- equivalência noun (condition of being equivalent)
Russian
3 entries- тождество noun (equivalence relation)
- эквивалентность noun (condition of being equivalent)
- эквивалентность noun (relationship between two propositions)
Spanish
1 entries- equivalencia noun (condition of being equivalent)
Swedish
4 entries- ekvivalens noun (condition of being equivalent)
- ekvivalens noun (equivalence relation)
- ekvivalens noun (relationship between two propositions)
- likvärdighet noun (condition of being equivalent)
Sample sentences
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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.
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Semantic equivalence is protean as well as fuzzy: what hoi polloi find equivalent may to cognoscenti be quite distinct.
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