equivalent
/ɪˈkwɪvələnt/
Dictionary
noun
- Anything that is virtually equal to something else, or has the same value, force, etc.
- An equivalent weight.
verb
- To make equivalent to; to equal.
adjective
- Similar or identical in value, meaning or effect; virtually equal.
"To burn calories, a thirty-minute jog is equivalent to a couple of hamburgers."
- Of two sets, having a one-to-one correspondence; equinumerous.
- Relating to the corresponding elements of an equivalence relation.
- Having the equal ability to combine.
- Of a map, equal-area.
- Equal in measure but not admitting of superposition; applied to magnitudes.
"A square may be equivalent to a triangle."
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