equivalence en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ɪˈkwɪv.ə.ləns/ (Australia, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
- (US) audio
- /əˈkwəv.ə.ləns/ (New-Zealand)
Etymology
From French équivalence, from Medieval Latin aequivalentia.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The condition of being equivalent or essentially equal: the status of being interchangeable.
His answer and yours share equivalence.
Cow's milk and soy milk have a lot of differences, but their equivalence is sufficient for this recipe.
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(countable) The condition of being equivalent or essentially equal: the status of being interchangeable. ▸ An act of equating two things; an assertion of equivalence.
I disagree with his equivalence of his behavior with that of an overexcited teenager.
- (uncountable) The relationship between two propositions that are either both true or both false.
- (countable) An equivalence relation; ≡; ~.
- (countable, uncountable) A Boolean operation that is TRUE when both input variables are TRUE or both input variables are FALSE, but otherwise FALSE; the XNOR function.
- (countable, uncountable) A number in intersection theory. A positive-dimensional variety sometimes behaves formally as if it were a finite number of points; this number is its equivalence.
- (countable, uncountable) 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.
- (countable, uncountable) The state of two notes being separated by one octave or the similarity of two such notes.
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(countable, uncountable) The degree to which a term or text in one language is semantically similar to its translated counterpart.
Equivalence is important, but when translating poetry, you need to get across the feel and the emotion more than the exact semantic meaning.
- (countable, uncountable) The principle that one long syllable is equal to two short ones.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| æquivalence | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| equivalences | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
inequivalence · inequivalence · inequation · inequation
Deriveds
Ricardian equivalence · phytoequivalence · row-equivalence · Morita equivalence · functional equivalence · inequivalence · nonequivalence · elementary equivalence · equivalence class · quasiequivalence · equivalence of categories · equivalence gate · photoequivalence · genomic equivalence · bioequivalence · equivalence relation · equivalence principle · dynamic equivalence · false equivalence · autoequivalence · ringer equivalence number · strong equivalence principle · Knuth equivalence · formal equivalence
Relateds
Synonyms
sameness · equation · parity · correlation · similitude · comparison · equality · parallelism · resemblance · equality · parallelism · equivalency · resemblance · similitude · equatedness · equatedness · comparability · sameness · comparability · equivalency · correlation · equivalency · parity
Translations (41)
fi ekvivalenssi (number in intersection theory) · de Gleichwertigkeit (condition of being equivalent) · de Äquivalenz (equivalence relation) · lv līdzvērtība (condition of being equivalent) · ru эквивалентность (condition of being equivalent) · fr équivalence (equivalence relation) · pl równoważność (condition of being equivalent) · fr équivalence (condition of being equivalent) · hi तुल्यता (condition of being equivalent) · es equivalencia (condition of being equivalent) · bg равностойност (condition of being equivalent) · cmn 對等 /对等 (degree to which a term or text is similar) · pt equivalência (condition of being equivalent) · nl gelijkwaardigheid (condition of being equivalent) · bg тъждество (equivalence relation) · ms persamaan (condition of being equivalent) · et samasus (condition of being equivalent) · sv ekvivalens (equivalence relation) · ru тождество (equivalence relation) · fi ekvivalenssi (relationship between two propositions) · sq njëvlerësi (condition of being equivalent) · lt tapatùmas (equivalence relation) · cmn 對應 /对应 (degree to which a term or text is similar) · sv likvärdighet (condition of being equivalent) · lt ekvivalentiškùmas (equivalence relation) · cs ekvivalence (relationship between two propositions) · hi समानार्थकता (degree to which a term or text is similar) · hi पर्यायत्व (degree to which a term or text is similar) · sv ekvivalens (relationship between two propositions) · ru эквивалентность (relationship between two propositions) · hu egyenértékűség (condition of being equivalent) · de Äquivalenz (relationship between two propositions) · fi ekvivalenssi (degree to which a term or text is similar) · fi sama (Boolean operation) · ca equivalència (condition of being equivalent) · sv ekvivalens (condition of being equivalent) · fi ekvivalenssi (equivalence relation) · fi yhtäläisyys (condition of being equivalent) · lt ekvivalentiškùmas (condition of being equivalent) · fr équivalence (relationship between two propositions) · el ισοδυναμία (relationship between two propositions)