Adjective
equivalent (comparative more equivalent, superlative most equivalent)
- Similar or identical in value, meaning or effect; virtually equal.
- Synonym: on a par
To burn calories, a thirty-minute jog is equivalent to a couple of hamburgers.
1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:For now to serve and to minister, servile and ministerial, are terms equivalent.
2012 March, Henry Petroski, “Opening Doors”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, pages 112–3:A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place. Applying a force tangential to the knob is essentially equivalent to applying one perpendicular to a radial line defining the lever.
- (mathematics) Of two sets, having a one-to-one correspondence.
- Synonym: equinumerous
c. 2005, P N Gupta Kulbhushan, Comprehensive MCQ's in Mathematics, page 3:Finite sets A and B are equivalent sets only when n(A) = n(B) i.e., the number of elements in A and B are equal.
1950, E. Kamke, Theory of Sets, page 16:All enumerable sets are equivalent to each other, but not to any finite set.
2000, N. L. Carothers, Real Analysis, page 18:Equivalent sets should, by rights, have the same "number" of elements. For this reason we sometimes say that equivalent sets have the same cardinality.
2006, Joseph Breuer, Introduction to the Theory of Sets, page 41:The equivalence theorem: If both M is equivalent to a subset N1 of N and N is equivalent to a subset M1 of M, then the sets M and N are equivalent to each other.
- (mathematics) Relating to the corresponding elements of an equivalence relation.
- (chemistry) Having the equal ability to combine.
- (cartography) Of a map, equal-area.
- (geometry) Equal in measure but not admitting of superposition; applied to magnitudes.
A square may be equivalent to a triangle.
Usage notes
- In mathematics, this adjective can be used in phrases like "A and B are equivalent", "A is equivalent to B", and, less commonly, "A is equivalent with B".
Translations
similar or identical in value
- Armenian: համարժեք (hy) (hamaržekʻ)
- Belarusian: раўнава́ртасны (raŭnavártasny), раўнацэ́нны (raŭnacénny), эквівале́нтны (ekvivaljéntny)
- Bulgarian: равносто́ен (bg) (ravnostóen), еквивале́нтен (bg) (ekvivalénten)
- Catalan: equivalent (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 等值 (zh) (děngzhí)
- Czech: ekvivalentní
- Dutch: gelijkwaardig (nl)
- Esperanto: ekvivalenta
- Finnish: samanlainen (fi), vastaava (fi)
- French: équivalent (fr) m
- Galician: equivalente (gl)
- Georgian: თანაბარფასიანი (tanabarpasiani), ტოლფასიანი (ṭolpasiani), თანაბარღირებული (tanabarɣirebuli), ეკვივალენტური (eḳvivalenṭuri), თანაბარმნიშვნელოვანი (tanabarmnišvnelovani), თანაბარძალიანი (tanabarʒaliani)
- German: gleichwertig (de), entsprechend (de), äquivalent (de)
- Greek: ισοδύναμος (el) (isodýnamos)
- Hindi: समान (hi) (samān), बराबर (hi) (barābar)
- Hungarian: egyenértékű (hu), ekvivalens (hu)
- Irish: comhionann
- Italian: equivalente (it)
- Japanese: 等価な (ja) (とうかな, tōka na)
- Korean: 동등하다 (ko) (dongdeunghada)
- Latvian: līdzvērtīgs
- Maori: taurite, hāngaitanga
- Occitan: equivalent (oc)
- Persian: برابر (fa) (barâbar), هامال (fa) (hâmâl)
- Polish: równoważny (pl), ekwiwalentny, odpowiedni (pl), odpowiadający
- Portuguese: equivalente (pt)
- Romanian: echivalent (ro)
- Russian: равноце́нный (ru) (ravnocénnyj), эквивале́нтный (ru) (ekvivaléntnyj)
- Spanish: equivalente (es)
- Swedish: ekvivalent (sv), likvärdig (sv)
- Tagalog: katumbas (tl), kapareho, kapantay, katimbang
- Telugu: సమానము (te) (samānamu)
- Turkish: muadil (tr), eşdeğer
- Ukrainian: рівноці́нний (rivnocínnyj), еквівале́нтний (ekvivaléntnyj)
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of two sets, having a one-to-one relationship
relating to the corresponding elements of an equivalence relation
Noun
equivalent (plural equivalents)
- Anything that is virtually equal to something else, or has the same value, force, etc.
1849, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 7, in The History of England from the Accession of James II, volume I, London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:He owned that, if the Test Act were repealed, the Protestants were entitled to an equivalent, and went so far as to suggest several equivalents.
- (chemistry) An equivalent weight.
Translations
anything that is virtually equal to something else