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equivalent

equi·va·lent

UK/ɪˈkwɪvələnt/ US/ɪˈkwɪvʌlʌnt/ fairly common
noun (2) adjective (2)

noun

1.

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”
2.

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

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adjective

1.

equal in amount or value

  • “like amounts”
  • “equivalent amounts”
  • “the same amount”
  • “gave one six blows and the other a like number”
  • “an equal number”
  • “the same number”
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2.

used of the earliest known rocks

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Origin

From Latin aequivalentem, accusative singular of aequivalēns, present active participle of aequivaleō (“to be equivalent, have equal power”). By surface analysis, equi- + -valent. Mostly displaced native Middle English efenmete (See evenmete).

Phrases

  • background radiation equivalent time
  • banana equivalent dose
  • car equivalent unit
  • carbon dioxide equivalent
  • carbon dioxide-equivalent
  • certainty equivalent
  • dose equivalent
  • electrochemical equivalent
  • equivalent airspeed
  • equivalent dose
  • equivalent potential temperature
  • equivalent shaft horsepower

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