Define the word equivalence"Equivalence" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Equivalence \E*quiv"a*lence\, v. t.
To be equivalent or equal to; to counterbalance. [R.] --Sir
T. Browne.
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"Equivalence" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Equivalence \E*quiv"a*lence\ ([-e]*kw[i^]v"[.a]*lens), n. [Cf.
F. ['e]quivalence, LL. aequivalentia.]
1. The condition of being equivalent or equal; equality of
worth, value, signification, or force; as, an equivalence
of definitions.
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2. Equal power or force; equivalent amount.
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3. (Chem.)
(a) The quantity of the combining power of an atom,
expressed in hydrogen units; the number of hydrogen
atoms can combine with, or be exchanged for; valency.
See Valence.
(b) The degree of combining power as determined by
relative weight. See Equivalent, n., 2. [R.]
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"equivalence" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
equivalence
n 1: a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally
balanced; "on a par with the best" [syn: equality, equation,
par]
2: essential equality and interchangeability [ant: nonequivalence]
3: qualities that are comparable; "no comparison between the
two books"; "beyond compare" [syn: comparison, compare,
comparability]
"equivalence" moby-thes "Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0"
97 Moby Thesaurus words for "equivalence":
accord, accordance, affinity, agreement, analogousness, assent,
balance, chorus, coequality, coextension, coherence, coincidence,
commensurability, communion, community, comparability,
comparableness, comparativeness, compatibility, concert, concord,
concordance, conformance, conformation, conformity, congeniality,
congruence, congruency, congruity, consistency, consonance,
consort, cooperation, corelation, correlation, correlativism,
correlativity, correspondence, equality, equation, equilibrium,
equipoise, equipollence, equiponderance, equity, equivalency,
evenness, harmony, homogeneity, homoousia, identity,
indistinguishability, intersection, inverse proportion,
inverse ratio, inverse relationship, justice, levelness, likeness,
mutuality, no difference, oneness, overlap, par, parallelism,
parity, peace, poise, proportion, proportionability,
proportionality, rapport, ratio, reciprocality, reciprocation,
reciprocity, relativity, sameness, self-consistency, self-identity,
selfhood, selfness, selfsameness, similarity, symmetry, sync,
synchronism, synonymity, synonymousness, synonymy, tally, timing,
uniformity, union, unison, unisonance, unity
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