equivalent

Meanings

Adjective

• Similar or identical in value, meaning or effect; virtually equal.
• Of two sets, having a one-to-one correspondence.
• Relating to the corresponding elements of an equivalence relation.
• Having the equal ability to combine.
• Of a map, equal-area.
• Equal in measure but not admitting of superposition; applied to magnitudes.

Noun

• Anything that is virtually equal to something else, or has the same value, force, etc.
• An equivalent weight.

Verb

• To make equivalent to; to equal.

Origin

• equi- + -valent.
• From Latin aequivalentem, accusative singular of aequivalēns, present active participle of aequivaleō.