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Definition of equivalent

Equivalent
Equivalent E*quiv"a*lent, n. 1. Something equivalent; that which is equal in value, worth, weight, or force; as, to offer an equivalent for damage done. He owned that, if the Test Act were repealed, the Protestants were entitled to some equivalent. . . . During some weeks the word equivalent, then lately imported from France, was in the mouths of all the coffeehouse. --Macaulay. 2. (Chem.) 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.
Equivalent
Equivalent E*quiv"a*lent, v. t. To make the equivalent to; to equal; equivalence. [R.]

Meaning of equivalent from wikipedia

- equivalence or equivalent may refer to: in chemistry: equivalent (chemistry) equivalence point equivalent weight in computing: turing
- full-time equivalent (fte) is a unit that indicates the workload of an employed person (or student) in a way that makes workloads
- translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text whereas
- carbon dioxide equivalent (cde) and equivalent carbon dioxide (e) are two related but distinct measures for describing how much global
- and an equivalence relation ~ on x, the equivalence class of an element n in x is the subset of all elements in x which are equivalent to n.
- in modern musical notation and tuning , an enharmonic equivalent is a note , interval , or key signature that is equivalent to some other
- miles per gallon gasoline equivalent (mpge or mpg ge) is a measure of the average distance traveled per unit of energy consumed.
- passing the ged test gives those who did not complete high school the opportunity to earn their high school equivalency credential, but no
- q include q is necessary and sufficient for p, p is equivalent (or materially equivalent) to q (compare material implication ), p
- in logic , statements p and q are logically equivalent if they have the same logical content. two statements are equivalent if they have the