1. equivalent - Noun
2. equivalent - Adjective
3. equivalent - Verb
4. equivalent - Adjective Satellite
Equal in wortir or value, force, power, effect, import, and the like; alike in significance and value; of the same import or meaning.
Equal in measure but not admitting of superposition; -- applied to magnitudes; as, a square may be equivalent to a triangle.
Contemporaneous in origin; as, the equivalent strata of different countries.
Something equivalent; that which is equal in value, worth, weight, or force; as, to offer an equivalent for damage done.
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.
A combining unit, whether an atom, a radical, or a molecule; as, in acid salt two or more equivalents of acid unite with one or more equivalents of base.
To make the equivalent to; to equal; equivalence.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAny sufficiently advanced technology is equivalent to magic. Arthur C. Clarke
Talking with you is sort of the conversational equivalent of an out of body experience. Bill Watterson
The appearance of a single great genius is more than equivalent to the birth of a hundred mediocrities. Cesare Lombroso
The notion that one will not survive a particular catastrophe is, in general terms, a comfort since it is equivalent to abolishing the catastrophe. Iris Murdoch
To have no enemies is equivalent to wealth. Nigerian Proverb
The death of a friend is equivalent to the loss of a limb. German Proverb