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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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