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English Dictionary: equivalent by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
equivalent
adj
  1. being essentially equal to something; "it was as good as gold"; "a wish that was equivalent to a command"; "his statement was tantamount to an admission of guilt"
    Synonym(s): equivalent, tantamount(p)
n
  1. a person or thing equal to another in value or measure or force or effect or significance etc; "send two dollars or the equivalent in stamps"
  2. the atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element; the standard is 8 for oxygen
    Synonym(s): equivalent, equivalent weight, combining weight, eq
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Equivalent \E*quiv"a*lent\, v. t.
      To make the equivalent to; to equal; equivalence. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Equivalent \E*quiv"a*lent\, a. [L. aequivalens, -entis, p. pr.
      of aequivalere to have equal power; aequus equal + valere to
      be strong, be worth: cf. F. [82]quivalent. See {Equal}, and
      {Valiant}.]
      1. Equal in wortir or value, force, power, effect, import,
            and the like; alike in significance and value; of the same
            import or meaning.
  
                     For now to serve and to minister, servile and
                     ministerial, are terms equivalent.      --South.
  
      2. (Geom.) Equal in measure but not admitting of
            superposition; -- applied to magnitudes; as, a square may
            be equivalent to a triangle.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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                     He owned that, if the Test Act were repealed, the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.
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