equivalent
Pronunciation: /ɪˈkwɪvələnt/
The English word “equivalent” has 10 meanings listed here.
adjective
- Similar or identical in value, meaning or effect; virtually equal.
- Of two sets, having a one-to-one correspondence.
- Relating to the corresponding elements of an equivalence relation.
- Of two categories, (informally) such that one is essentially a relabeling of the other; (formally) related by a pair of functors such the composition of the one with the other is naturally isomorphic to the identity functor.
- Having the equal ability to combine.
- Of a map, equal-area.
- Equal in measure but not admitting of superposition; applied to magnitudes.
noun
verb
Etymology
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).
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