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noun

Equivalence n.

The condition of being equivalent or equal; equality of worth, value, signification, or force; as, an equivalence of definitions.

Equal power or force; equivalent amount.

(Chem.)

(a)

The quantity of the combining power of an atom, expressed in hydrogen units; the number of hydrogen atoms can combine with, or be exchanged for; valency. See Valence.

(b)

The degree of combining power as determined by relative weight. See Equivalent, n., 2. (R.)

verb

Equivalence v. t. To be equivalent or equal to; to counterbalance. (R.)

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Etymology of 'Equivalence'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Equivalence" Quotes from Famous Books

... fabric is what would have been had it been thus built up. It can be constructed from base to summit by the application of his formula. As in the imaginary state of deer and beaver, we have a number of independent persons making their bargains upon this principle of the equivalence of labour; and that principle is supposed to be carried out so that the most remote processes of the industrial machinery can be analysed into results of this principle. This gives a sufficient clue to the whole labyrinth of modern industry, and there ...

— The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) - James Mill • Leslie Stephen

... indifference, for which the expression [Greek: apatheia] is better suited than the later one, [Greek: ataraxia]. The description of his life with his sister confirms this, where the term [Greek: adiaphoria] is used to describe his conduct.[3] He founded his Scepticism on the equivalence of ...

— Sextus Empiricus and Greek Scepticism • Mary Mills Patrick

... For a more accurate estimate of the equivalence of "dirham" according to the area in which the measurement was taken, the reader may consult Walter Hinz, Islamische Masse und Gewichte umgerechnet ins metrische System, Leiden, 1955, pt. 1, pp. 2-8; and George C. Miles, Early Arabic Glass Weights and Stamps, ...

— Drawings and Pharmacy in Al-Zahrawi's 10th-Century Surgical Treatise • Sami Hamarneh

... confronts affirmation of our liberty comes from physical determinism. Positive science, we are told, presents the universe to us as an immense homogeneous transformation, maintaining an exact equivalence between departure and arrival. How can we possibly have after that the genuine creation which we require in the act ...

— A New Philosophy: Henri Bergson • Edouard le Roy

... light were of a rose colour, the neutral of the sky would be converted into green, or if purple, the sky would become yellow. Similarly would it be in all cases, according to the laws of chromatic equivalence and contrast, as may be often seen in the openings of coloured clouds at the rising and setting of ...

— Field's Chromatography - or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists • George Field

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