Sekirov Dictionary

equivalence

/ɪˈkwɪv.ə.ləns/

noun 10
verb 1
forms 3

noun10

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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.
An equivalence relation; ≡; ~.
The state of two notes being separated by one octave or the similarity of two such notes.
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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.
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An act of equating two things; an assertion of equivalence.
- I disagree with his equivalence of his behavior with that of an overexcited teenager.
The relationship between two propositions that are either both true or both false.
A Boolean operation that is TRUE when both input variables are TRUE or both input variables are FALSE, but otherwise FALSE; the XNOR function.
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.
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.
The principle that one long syllable is equal to two short ones.

verb1

To be equivalent or equal to; to counterbalance.

forms

equivalenced · equivalencing · equivalences

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