English Explanatory Dictionary

equivalence

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The condition of being equivalent or essentially equal.
  2. An equivalence relation; ≡; ~
  3. The relationship between two propositions that are either both true or both false.
  4. 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.
  5. A Boolean operation that is TRUE when both input variables are TRUE or both input variables are FALSE, but otherwise FALSE; the XNOR function.
  6. A number in intersection theory. A positive-dimensional variety sometimes behaves formally as if it were a finite number of points; this number is its equivalence.
  7. The degree to which a term or text in one language is semantically similar to its translated counterpart.
verb
  1. To be equivalent or equal to; to counterbalance.

Pronunciation

/ɪˈkwɪv.ə.ləns/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-equivalence.wav /əˈkwəv.ə.ləns/

Word forms

equivalence equivalences æquivalence equivalencing equivalenced

Etymology

From French équivalence, from Medieval Latin aequivalentia.

Related words

equilibrium

Derived words

autoequivalence bioequivalence dynamic equivalence elementary equivalence equivalence class equivalence gate equivalence of categories equivalence principle equivalence relation false equivalence formal equivalence functional equivalence genomic equivalence inequivalence Knuth equivalence Morita equivalence nonequivalence photoequivalence phytoequivalence quasiequivalence Ricardian equivalence ringer equivalence number row-equivalence strong equivalence principle
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