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/iˈkwivələns/,
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equivalences, plural;
  1. The condition of being equal or equivalent in value, worth, function, etc


  1. equality: a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced; "on a par with the best"
  2. essential equality and interchangeability
  3. comparison: qualities that are comparable; "no comparison between the two books"; "beyond compare"
  4. (equivalent) 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"
  5. (equivalent) 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"
  6. (equivalent) 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
  7. In category theory, an abstract branch of mathematics, an equivalence of categories is a relation between two categories that establishes that these categories are "essentially the same". There are numerous examples of categorical equivalences from many areas of mathematics. ...
  8. In mathematics, and specifically in measure theory, equivalence is a notion of two measures being "the same".
  9. In music theory, equivalence class is an equality (=) or equivalence between sets or twelve-tone rows. A relation rather than an operation, it may be contrasted with derivationSchuijer (2008). Analyzing Atonal Music: Pitch-Class Set Theory and Its Contexts, p.85. ISBN 978-1-58046-270-9.. ...
  10. Equivalence is a term applied by the Uruguay Round Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures. ...
  11. In mathematics, -equivalence, sometimes called right-left equivalence, is an equivalence relation between map germs.
  12. (Equivalent (chemistry)) The equivalent (symbol: eq or Eq), sometimes termed the molar equivalent, is a unit of amount of substance used in chemistry and the biological sciences.
  13. (Equivalent) means alternative designs, materials, or methods to protect against a hazard which the employer can demonstrate will provide an equal or greater degree of safety for employees than the methods, materials or designs specified in the standard.
  14. (Equivalent) Equivalency means that a course is regarded as fulfilling the requirement of the corresponding course at the university.  It does not mean that a community college course is identical to the university course.
  15. ({ equivalent}) Two datatypes are equivalent if they appear to have been created with the same sequence of calls (and arguments) and thus have the same typemap. Two equivalent datatypes do not necessarily have the same cached attributes or the same names.
  16. (Equivalent) (1931; a picture of clouds taken as pure pattern)
  17. (Equivalent) (Synonyms: "International Business Machines = IBM")
  18. (Equivalent) (s) in the other language
  19. (Equivalent) A course allowed in place of a similar course in the same academic discipline. May require approval by an academic dean.
  20. (Equivalent) A patent that relates to the same invention and shares the same priority application as a patent from a different issuing authority. ...
  21. (Equivalent) Document or qualification of equal standing
  22. (Equivalent) Equal in value (even if expressed in different forms).
  23. (Equivalent) The mental likeness of a thing. The mental cause back of anything. The idea of the thing in the Subjective World.
  24. (equivalent) Equal, or nearly so, in quantity, volume, force, meaning, etc.
  25. (equivalent) Two transducers are equivalent if for each input string, they produce the same output strings with the same weight. The output strings, however, may differ in the number of paths, in the location of epsilon transitions, or in the distribution of the weights along the paths.