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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EQUIV'ALENT, a. Equal in value or worth. In barter, the goods given are supposed to be equivalent to the goods received. Equivalent in value or worth, is tautological.
1. Equal in force, power or effect. A steam engine may have force or power equivalent to that of thirty horses.
2. Equal in moral force, cogency or effect on the mind. Circumstantial evidence may be almost equivalent to full proof.
3. Of the same import or meaning. Friendship and amity are equivalent terms.
For now to serve and to minister, servile and ministerial, are terms equivalent.
Equivalent propositions in logic are called also equipollent.
4. Equal in excellence or moral worth.
EQUIV'ALENT, n. That which is equal in value, weight, dignity or force, with something else. The debtor cannot pay his creditor in money, but he will pay him an equivalent. Damages in money cannot be an equivalent for the loss of a limb.
1. In chimistry, equivalent is the particular weight or quantity of any substance which is necessary to saturate any other with which it can combine. It is ascertained that chimical combinations are definite, that is, the same body always enters into combination in the same weight, or if it can combine with a particular body in more than one proportion, the higher proportion is always a multiple of the lower.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: being essentially equal to something; "it was as good as gold"; "a wish that was equivalent to a command"; "his statement was tantamount to an admission of guilt" [syn: equivalent, tantamount] n
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 [syn: equivalent, equivalent weight, combining weight, eq]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French or Late Latin; Middle French, from Late Latin aequivalent-, aequivalens, present participle of aequival?re to have equal power, from Latin aequi- + val?re to be strong — more at wield Date: 15th century 1. equal in force, amount, or value; also equal in area or volume but not superposable <a square equivalent to a triangle> 2. a. like in signification or import b. having logical equivalence <equivalent statements> 3. corresponding or virtually identical especially in effect or function 4. obsolete equal in might or authority 5. having the same chemical combining capacity <equivalent quantities of two elements> 6. a. having the same solution set <equivalent equations> b. capable of being placed in one-to-one correspondence <equivalent sets> c. related by an equivalence relation Synonyms: see same • equivalent noun • equivalently adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & n. --adj. 1 (often foll. by to) equal in value, amount, importance, etc. 2 corresponding. 3 (of words) having the same meaning. 4 having the same result. 5 Chem. (of a substance) equal in combining or displacing capacity. --n. 1 an equivalent thing, amount, word, etc. 2 (in full equivalent weight) Chem. the weight of a substance that can combine with or displace one gram of hydrogen or eight grams of oxygen. Derivatives: equivalence n. equivalency n. equivalently adv. Etymology: ME f. OF f. LL aequivalere (as EQUI-, valere be worth)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Equivalent E*quiv"a*lent, n. 1. Something equivalent; that which is equal in value, worth, weight, or force; as, to offer an equivalent for damage done. He owned that, if the Test Act were repealed, the Protestants were entitled to some equivalent. . . . During some weeks the word equivalent, then lately imported from France, was in the mouths of all the coffeehouse. --Macaulay. 2. (Chem.) That comparative quantity by weight of an element which possesses the same chemical value as other elements, as determined by actual experiment and reference to the same standard. Specifically: (a) The comparative proportions by which one element replaces another in any particular compound; thus, as zinc replaces hydrogen in hydrochloric acid, their equivalents are 32.5 and 1. (b) The combining proportion by weight of a substance, or the number expressing this proportion, in any particular compound; as, the equivalents of hydrogen and oxygen in water are respectively 1 and 8, and in hydric dioxide 1 and 16.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Equivalent E*quiv"a*lent, a. [L. aequivalens, -entis, p. pr. of aequivalere to have equal power; aequus equal + valere to be strong, be worth: cf. F. ['e]quivalent. See Equal, and Valiant.] 1. Equal in wortir or value, force, power, effect, import, and the like; alike in significance and value; of the same import or meaning. For now to serve and to minister, servile and ministerial, are terms equivalent. --South. 2. (Geom.) Equal in measure but not admitting of superposition; -- applied to magnitudes; as, a square may be equivalent to a triangle.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Equivalent E*quiv"a*lent, v. t. To make the equivalent to; to equal; equivalence. [R.]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(equivalents) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If one amount or value is the equivalent of another, they are the same. The equivalent of two tablespoons of polyunsaturated oils is ample each day... Even the cheapest car costs the equivalent of 70 years' salary for a government worker. N-SING: oft N of n • Equivalent is also an adjective. A unit is equivalent to a glass of wine or a single measure of spirits... They will react with hostility to the price rises and calls for equivalent wage increases are bound to be heard. = equal ADJ: oft ADJ to n 2. The equivalent of someone or something is a person or thing that has the same function in a different place, time, or system. ...the civil administrator of the West Bank and his equivalent in Gaza. ...the Red Cross emblem, and its equivalent in Muslim countries, the Red Crescent. = counterpart N-COUNT: usu with poss • Equivalent is also an adjective. ...a decrease of 10% in property investment compared with the equivalent period in 1991. ADJ 3. You can use equivalent to emphasize the great or severe effect of something. His party has just suffered the equivalent of a near-fatal heart attack. N-SING: the N of n [emphasis]

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Equal, commensurate, tantamount, equipollent. 2. Synonymous, interchangeable, equipollent, of the same meaning or import.

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