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Definition of 'EQuivalent'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) equivalent
equal in value, measure, force, effect, or significance:
His silence is equivalent to an admission of guilt.

2.  equivalent
corresponding in position, function, etc.

3.  equivalent
having the same extent, as a triangle and a square of equal area.

4.  equivalent
Logic. having an equivalence relation, as two propositions.

5.  equivalent
(of chemicals) having the same capacity to combine or react.

6. (n.) equivalent
something equivalent.

Etymology: (1425–75; late ME < ML aequivalent-, s. of aequivalēns, prp. of aequivalēre to be equivalent. See equi -, -valent)

Definition of 'EQuivalent'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) equivalent
a person or thing equal to another in value or measure or force or effect or significance etc
"send two dollars or the equivalent in stamps"

2. (adj) equivalent, equivalent weight, combining weight, eq
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

3. (adj) equivalent, tantamount(p)
being essentially equal to something
"it was as good as gold"; "a wish that was equivalent to a command"; "his statement was tantamount to an admission of guilt"

Definition of 'EQuivalent'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (adjective) equivalent
piece of equipment
being the same as
a small car with space equivalent to a sedan; a better value than the equivalent video games

2. (noun) equivalent
sth that is the same or as good as sth else
energy savings that are the equivalent of 500 million barrels of oil

Definition of 'EQuivalent'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) EQuivalent
equal in wortir or value, force, power, effect, import, and the like; alike in significance and value; of the same import or meaning

2. (adj) EQuivalent
equal in measure but not admitting of superposition; -- applied to magnitudes; as, a square may be equivalent to a triangle

3. (adj) EQuivalent
contemporaneous in origin; as, the equivalent strata of different countries

4. (noun) EQuivalent
something equivalent; that which is equal in value, worth, weight, or force; as, to offer an equivalent for damage done

5. (noun) EQuivalent
that comparative quantity by weight of an element which possesses the same chemical value as other elements, as determined by actual experiment and reference to the same standard. Specifically: (a) The comparative proportions by which one element replaces another in any particular compound; thus, as zinc replaces hydrogen in hydrochloric acid, their equivalents are 32.5 and 1. (b) The combining proportion by weight of a substance, or the number expressing this proportion, in any particular compound; as, the equivalents of hydrogen and oxygen in water are respectively 1 and 8, and in hydric dioxide 1 and 16

6. (noun) EQuivalent
a combining unit, whether an atom, a radical, or a molecule; as, in acid salt two or more equivalents of acid unite with one or more equivalents of base

7. (verb) EQuivalent
to make the equivalent to; to equal; equivalence

Translation of 'EQuivalent'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: equal in value, power, meaning etc A metre is not quite equivalent to a yard; Would you say that `bravery' and `courage' are exactly equivalent?
Afrikaans: gelykstaande	Arabic: مُساوٍ لِ، مُتَساوٍ	Bulgarian: еквивалент
Brazilian: equivalente	Czech: ekvivalentní	German: gleichwertig, gleichbedeu
Danish: tilsvarende	Greek: ισοδύναμος, ταυτόσημος	Spanish: equivalente
Estonian: võrdväärne, samatähendusl	Farsi: برابر؛ هم معنی	Finnish: vastaava
French: équivalent	Hebrew: שְׁווֵה עֶרֶך	Hindi: बराबर
Croatian: istovrijedan, ekvivalenta	Hungarian: egyenértékű	Indonesian: sama
Icelandic: jafngildur	Italian: equivalente	Japanese: 等しい
Korean: 동등한	Lithuanian: ekvivalentinis, lygiavert	Latvian: ekvivalents, līdzvērtīgs
Malay: sama	Dutch: gelijkwaardig	Norwegian: tilsvarende, ekvivalent
Polish: równoważny	Persian: برابر؛ هم معنی	Pashto: معادل، برابر، ورته كټ مټ،
Portuguese: equivalente	Romanian: echivalent	Russian: эквивалентный
Slovak: ekvivalentný	Slovenian: enakovreden	Serbian: ekvivalent
Swedish: likvärdig, jämförlig, öve	Thai: เท่ากับ	Turkish: eşdeğerli, denk
Taiwanese: 相等的	Ukrainian: рівноцінний, рівносильний	Urdu: قدر و قیمت، مقدار یا اہمی
Vietnamese: tương đương	Chinese: 相等的
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