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Definition of Equivalence

1. Noun. A state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced. "On a par with the best"

2. Noun. Essential equality and interchangeability.

3. Noun. Qualities that are comparable. "Beyond compare"

Definition of Equivalence

1. n. The condition of being equivalent or equal; equality of worth, value, signification, or force; as, an equivalence of definitions.

2. v. t. To be equivalent or equal to; to counterbalance.

Definition of Equivalence

1. Noun. The condition of being equivalent or essentially equal. ¹

2. Noun. (countable mathematics) An equivalence relation; ?; ~ ¹

3. Noun. (uncountable logic) The relationship between two propositions that are either both true or both false. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Equivalence

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Equivalence

1. The situation where two interacting species are present in concentrations just sufficient to produce occupation of all binding sites. Only used to describe high avidity interactions, especially the antibody/antigen interaction. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Equivalence

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equivalated equivalates equivalating equivalation equivalations equivalence (current term) equivalence point equivalence principle equivalence relation equivalence relations

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Literary usage of Equivalence

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on Universal Algebra: With Applications by Alfred North Whitehead (1898)
"equivalence. It is necessary to note the form in which propositions occur in a calculus. Such a form may well be highly artificial from some points of view, ..."

2. Projective Geometry by Oswald Veblen, John Wesley Young (1918)
"equivalence of ordered point triads. Although the theory of congruence as based on the group of translations and point reflections does not yield metric ..."

3. A History of English Prosody from the Twelfth Century to the Present Day by George Saintsbury (1906)
"APPENDIX I equivalence, SUBSTITUTION, AND FOOT-ARRANGEMENT IN ENGLISH IT has always ... By equivalence I mean the position that in English, as in classical ..."

4. Sophus Lie's 1880 Transformation Group Paper by Sophus Lie, Robert Hermann (1975)
"FEEDBACK equivalence FOR SYSTEMS ASSOCIATED WITH FINITE DIMENSIONAL LIE ALGEBRAS ... Now we consider the other natural system concept, feedback equivalence. ..."

5. Regulatory Reform in Denmark by Oecd (2000)
"Recognition of equivalence of foreign regulatory measures and conformity assessment ... Recognition of equivalence can contribute to market openness when ..."

6. The return to protection: Being a Re-statement of the Case for Free Trade by William Smart (1906)
"THE equivalence OF IMPORTS AND EXPORTS. The equivalence we should expect is ... Omitting smaller services, this would tend to equivalence between imports ..."

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