equivalent

27 05 2008

Nouns
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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