Equivalent

English Meaning

Equal in worth or value, force, power, effect, import, and the like; alike in significance and value; of the same import or meaning.

1. Equal, as in value, force, or meaning.
2. Having similar or identical effects.
3. Being essentially equal, all things considered: a wish that was equivalent to a command.
4. Mathematics Capable of being put into a one-to-one relationship. Used of two sets.
5. Mathematics Having virtually identical or corresponding parts.
6. Mathematics Of or relating to corresponding elements under an equivalence relation.
7. Chemistry Having the same ability to combine.
8. Logic Having equivalence: equivalent propositions.
9. Something that is essentially equal to another: "Prejudicing vital foreign policy considerations in order to rescue individuals finds its domestic equivalent in the inflated awards paid to ... accident and malpractice victims” ( Moorhead Kennedy).
10. Chemistry Equivalent weight.