Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The state or condition of being equivalent; equality.
- noun Mathematics An equivalence relation.
- noun Logic The relationship that holds for two propositions that are either both true or both false, so that the affirmation of one and the denial of the other results in contradiction.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The condition of being equivalent; equality in value; correspondence in signification, force, nature, or the like: as, a universal equivalence of weights and measures is extremely desirable; exact equivalence between different words is rare. Also
equivalency . - To be equivalent to; counterpoise.
- noun In chem., capability of mutual replacement, in chemical combination, of definite quantities of different substances: thus, there is equivalence between approximately 18.07 parts of aluminium, 40.1 of calcium, 46.1 of sodium, and 55.9 of (ferrous) iron in combining with the same fixed quantity of oxygen.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The condition of being equivalent or equal; equality of worth, value, signification, or force.
- noun Equal power or force; equivalent amount.
- noun rare, rare 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 . - noun rare The degree of combining power as determined by relative weight. See
Equivalent , n., 2. - transitive verb rare To be equivalent or equal to; to counterbalance.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable The condition of being
equivalent oressentially equal . - noun countable, mathematics An
equivalence relation ;≡ ;~ - noun uncountable, logic The
relationship between twopropositions that are eitherboth true or bothfalse . - verb transitive To be
equivalent orequal to; tocounterbalance .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced
- noun essential equality and interchangeability
- noun qualities that are comparable
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Examples
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It was then, also, that he coined the term equivalence principle.
Euclid’s Window Leonard Mlodinow 2001
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It was then, also, that he coined the term equivalence principle.
Euclid’s Window Leonard Mlodinow 2001
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It was then, also, that he coined the term equivalence principle.
Euclid’s Window Leonard Mlodinow 2001
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Another case of phony moral equivalence from the theleft.
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To make that false equivalence is to parade your ignorance.
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More patently phony moral equivalence from a true believer in the Religion of St. Karl.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Libertarian Critiques of AZ Immigration Law 2010
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The tripe about moral equivalence is just cover for ignorant wingnuts to argue that the US SHOULDNT do what is right.
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A false moral equivalence is a sub-type of false equivalence; things can be aesthetically obscene and not morally obscene; the last question hardly makes sense but insofar as it does the answer is yes.
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The equivalence is that a priori, there is equivalence between the choice to have sex and the choice not to — both are intrinsically valid.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Sex Education, Dirty Words, and the Due Process Clause 2010
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This false equivalence is our beef, not bias. jayackroyd
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