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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EQUIV'ALENCE, n. [L. oequus, equal, and valens, from valeo, to be worth.]
1. Equality of value; equal value or worth. Take the goods and give an equivalence in corn.
2. Equal power or force. [To equivalence, a verb, used by Brown, has not gained currency.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced; "on a par with the best" [syn: equality, equivalence, equation, par]
2: essential equality and interchangeability [ant: nonequivalence]
3: qualities that are comparable; "no comparison between the two books"; "beyond compare" [syn: comparison, compare, equivalence, comparability]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: circa 1541 1. a. the state or property of being equivalent b. the relation holding between two statements if they are either both true or both false so that to affirm one and to deny the other would result in a contradiction 2. a presentation of terms as equivalent 3. equality in metrical value of a regular foot and one in which there are substitutions

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Equivalence E*quiv"a*lence, n. [Cf. F. ['e]quivalence, LL. aequivalentia.] 1. The condition of being equivalent or equal; equality of worth, value, signification, or force; as, an equivalence of definitions. 2. Equal power or force; equivalent amount. 3. (Chem.) (a) The quantity of the combining power of an atom, expressed in hydrogen units; the number of hydrogen atoms can combine with, or be exchanged for; valency. See Valence. (b) The degree of combining power as determined by relative weight. See Equivalent, n., 2. [R.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Equivalence E*quiv"a*lence, v. t. To be equivalent or equal to; to counterbalance. [R.] --Sir T. Browne.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If there is equivalence between two things, they have the same use, function, size, or value. ...the equivalence of science and rationality.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n.; (also equivalency) Essential or substantial equality parity, parity of value, equality in result, amounting to the same thing.

Moby Thesaurus

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