Logo
Search icon

equivalent

/ɪˈkwɪvələnt/

noun

Meaning

  • Anything that is virtually equal to something else, or has the same value, force, etc.

  • An equivalent weight.

verb

Meaning

  • To make equivalent to; to equal.

adjective

Meaning

  • 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."