equivalence

noun
/ɪˈkwɪv.ə.ləns/CA/əˈkwəv.ə.ləns/

Etymology

From French équivalence, from Medieval Latin aequivalentia.

  1. derived from aequivalentia

Definitions

  1. The condition of being equivalent or essentially equal.

  2. An equivalence relation

    An equivalence relation; ≡; ~

  3. The relationship between two propositions that are either both true or both false.

  4. + 5 more definitions
    1. The quantity of the combining power of an atom, expressed in hydrogen units

      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.

    2. A Boolean operation that is TRUE when both input variables are TRUE or both input…

      A Boolean operation that is TRUE when both input variables are TRUE or both input variables are FALSE, but otherwise FALSE; the XNOR function.

    3. A number in intersection theory. A positive-dimensional variety sometimes behaves…

      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.

    4. The degree to which a term or text in one language is semantically similar to its…

      The degree to which a term or text in one language is semantically similar to its translated counterpart.

    5. To be equivalent or equal to

      To be equivalent or equal to; to counterbalance.

      • […] whether the transgression of Eve seducing, did not exceed that of Adam seduced, or whether the resistibility of his reason did not equivalence the facility of her seduction, we shall referre it unto the Schoolman.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for equivalence. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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