Lexic.us

Definition of Equivalent

1. Adjective. Being essentially equal to something. "His statement was tantamount to an admission of guilt"

2. Noun. A person or thing equal to another in value or measure or force or effect or significance etc. "Send two dollars or the equivalent in stamps"

3. Noun. The atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element; the standard is 8 for oxygen.

Definition of Equivalent

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

2. n. Something equivalent; that which is equal in value, worth, weight, or force; as, to offer an equivalent for damage done.

3. v. t. To make the equivalent to; to equal; equivalence.

Definition of Equivalent

1. Adjective. Similar or identical in value, meaning or effect; virtually equal. ¹

2. Adjective. (mathematics) Of two sets, having a one-to-one relationship. ¹

3. Adjective. (mathematics) Relating to the corresponding elements of an equivalence relation. ¹

4. Adjective. (chemistry) Having the equal ability to combine. ¹

5. Adjective. (cartography) Of a map, equal-area. ¹

6. Noun. Anything that is virtually equal to another. ¹

7. Noun. (chemistry) An equivalent weight. ¹

8. Verb. (transitive) To make equivalent to; to equal. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Equivalent

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Equivalent

1. Having the same value, neutralising or counterbalancing. Origin: L. Aequivalens, from aequus = equal, valere = to be worth (11 Nov 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Equivalent

equivalates equivalating equivalation equivalations equivalence equivalence point equivalence principle equivalence relation equivalence relations equivalence zone

equivalences equivalencies equivalency equivalent (current term) equivalent-binary-digit factor equivalent dose equivalent extract equivalent focal length equivalent form reliability equivalent temperature

equivalent variation equivalent weight equivalent weights equivalent word equivalented equivalenting equivalentist equivalently

Literary usage of Equivalent

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

1. Capital: A Critique of Political Economy by Karl Marx (1906)
"The equivalent form of value. We have seen that commodity A (the linen), by expressing its value in the use-value of a commodity differing in kind (the ..."

2. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"Hence the whole increase in the amount of the cation, free and combined, due to electrolysis is — equivalent. In the portion containing the anode we shall ..."

3. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1908)
"THE equivalent CONDUCTANCE OF HYDROGEN-ION DERIVED FROM TRANSFERENCE ... when combined with the equivalent conductance of chloride-ion (using the value of ..."

4. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1893)
""The Value of the Mechanical equivalent of Heat, deduced from some Experiments ... The values of the mechanical equivalent obtained by Joule in his later ..."

5. An Introduction to the Principles of Physical Chemistry from the Standpoint by Edward Wight Washburn (1921)
"Let one equivalent weight of an electrolyte dissolved in say ten liters water be placed ... TABLE XXII Illustrating the variation of equivalent conductance ..."

6. A Dictionary of Electrical Words, Terms and Phrases by Edwin James Houston (1903)
"equivalent, Electro-Chemical A number representing the ... The chemical equivalent of a substance multiplied by the electro-chemical equivalent of hydrogen. ..."

7. A History of Greek Mathematics by Thomas Little Heath (1921)
"If p is the parameter, and d the corresponding diameter, the properties of the curves are the equivalent of the Cartesian equations, referred to the ..."

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