Equivalent

Quick meaning: Equivalent is an adjective meaning Similar or identical in value, meaning or effect; virtually equal.

Meaning

Similar or identical in value, meaning or effect; virtually equal.

More Meanings

1. (mathematics) Of two sets, having a one-to-one correspondence.
2. (mathematics) Relating to the corresponding elements of an equivalence relation.
3. (chemistry) Having the equal ability to combine.
4. (cartography) Of a map, equal-area.
5. (geometry) Equal in measure but not admitting of superposition; applied to magnitudes.
6. Anything that is virtually equal to something else, or has the same value, force, etc.
7. (mathematics, category theory) Of two categories, (informally) such that one is essentially a relabeling of the other; (formally) related by a pair of functors such the composition of the one with the other is naturally isomorphic to the identity functor.

Example Sentences

All enumerable sets are equivalent to each other, but not to any finite set.

To burn calories, a thirty-minute jog is equivalent to a couple of hamburgers.

For now to serve and to minister, servile and ministerial, are terms equivalent.

Finite sets A and B are equivalent sets only when n(A) = n(B) i.e., the number of elements in A and B are equal.

Word Forms

• equivalents
• equivalenting
• equivalented

Synonyms for equivalent

Depending on context, synonyms include equipollent, equinumerous, like, same, equal, eq.

Antonyms for equivalent

Common opposites include unlike.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include same, equal, eq, like, tantamount, equation.

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