英语词汇“equivalent”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	equivalent
释义	equiv·a·lent I. \-nt\ adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French or Late Latin; Middle French, from Late Latin aequivalent-, aequivalens, present participle of aequivalēre to have equal power, be equivalent, from Latin aequi- equi- + valēre to be strong, be worth — more at wield 1. : equal in force or amount < the misery of such a position is equivalent to its happiness > < a new TV film series that has the equivalent footage of 13 feature pictures > specifically of a quantity : equal in area or volume but not admitting of superposition < a square equivalent to a triangle > 2. a. : like in signification or import < equivalent but differently worded statements of the two writers > : synonymous < substituted a term equivalent with it but more familiar > b. logic : having equivalence : implying each other 3. a. : equal in value : compensative, convertible < a person who consumes goods or accepts services without producing equivalent goods or performing equivalent services in return inflicts … injury — G.B.Shaw > < a sum equivalent to $250 in our currency > < a vitamin pill equivalent to four oranges > < the decimal 0.75 is equivalent to the fraction 3/4 > b. : corresponding or virtually identical especially in effect or function < a bureau of the French army equivalent to the intelligence division of the American general staff > : tantamount < where winning the primary is equivalent to election > c. : capable of being placed in one-to-one correspondence < equivalent mathematical sets > 4. obsolete : equal in might or authority < ancestors who stood equivalent with mighty kings — Shakespeare > 5. chemistry : having the same combining capacity < equivalent quantities of two elements > 6. : contemporaneous in deposition; sometimes : containing the same fauna or flora — used of strata 7. of a map projection : equal-area Synonyms: see same II. noun (-s) 1. : one that is equivalent (as in value, meaning, or effect) < a price that was the equivalent of 10-years rent > < two years of high-school Latin or the equivalent > < a word with no equivalent in the English language > < the prose equivalent of a poem > < the secret Australian ballot … and its mechanical equivalent, the voting machine — H.R.Penniman > : counterpart < the Chinese equivalents of Boston, New York, and Philadelphia > < the governor of Jerusalem (the modern equivalent of Pontius Pilate) — H.J.Laski > 2. or equivalent weight a. : the relative mass of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given mass of another element, the standard now usually being eight for oxygen but formerly one for hydrogen : the atomic weight divided by the valence — called also combining weight b. : the relative mass of a radical or compound that combines with a given mass of an element, radical, or compound < one equivalent of a base reacts with one of an acid to form a normal salt > especially : the mass of a compound that reacts with one equivalent of a given chemical element 3. : a psychopathological symptom replacing the usual one in a given disorder < a twilight state may be an epileptic equivalent > III. adjective 1. : having the same solution set < equivalent equations > 2. : related by an equivalence relation
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