单词 | equivalent |
释义 | equivalent —equivalently, adv. /i kwiv"euh leuhnt/ or, for 5, /ee'kweuh vay"leuhnt/, adj. 1. equal in value, measure, force, effect, significance, etc.: His silence is equivalent to an admission of guilt. 2. corresponding in position, function, etc.: In some ways their prime minister is equivalent to our president. 3. Geom. having the same extent, as a triangle and a square of equal area. 4. Math. (of two sets) able to be placed in one-to-one correspondence. 5. Chem. having the same capacity to combine or react chemically. n. 6. something that is equivalent. [1425-75; late ME < LL aequivalent- (s. of aequivalens), prp. of aequivalere. See EQUI-, -VALENT] Syn. 1. See equal. |
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