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4 definitions found 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equal in value, worth, weight, or force; as to offer an equivalent for damage done He owned that if the Test Act were repealed, the Protestants were entitled to some equivalent.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. 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. ['e]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\, v. t. To make the equivalent to to equal; equivalence. [R.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: equivalent adj 1: equal in amount or value; "like amounts"; "equivalent amounts"; "the same amount"; "gave one six blows and the other a like number"; "an equal number"; "the same number" [syn: {like}, {equal}, {same}] [ant: {unlike}] 2: essentially equal; "women are paid less than men doing equivalent work" 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 [syn: {equivalent weight}, {combining weight}, {eq}]
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