equivalent
27 05 2008Nouns
1. (n.) 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”;
2. (n.) combining weight, eq, equivalent, equivalent weight;
- 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;
Adjectives
1. (adj.) equivalent, tantamount;
- 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”;
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