Meaning

7 senses
  1. Similar or identical in value, meaning or effect; virtually equal.

    To burn calories, a thirty-minute jog is equivalent to a couple of hamburgers.

    gleichwertig, entsprechend, äquivalent

    равноце́нныйravnocénnyj, эквивале́нтныйekvivaléntnyj

    рівноці́ннийrivnocínnyj, еквівале́нтнийekvivaléntnyj

  2. Of two sets, having a one-to-one correspondence.

    äquivalent

  3. Relating to the corresponding elements of an equivalence relation.

    äquivalent

    эквивале́нтныйekvivaléntnyj

  4. Of two categories, (informally) such that one is essentially a relabeling of the other; (formally) related by a pair of functors such the composition of the one with the other is naturally isomorphic to the identity functor.

  5. Having the equal ability to combine.

    being essentially equal to something

  6. Of a map, equal-area.

  7. Equal in measure but not admitting of superposition; applied to magnitudes.

    A square may be equivalent to a triangle.

Examples

81 sentences
  1. One emu egg is about the equivalent of nine chicken eggs.

    Одне яйце ему є еквівалентом приблизно дев'яти куриних яєць.

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  2. His request was equivalent to an order.

    deSeine Bitte kam einem Befehl gleich.

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  3. A meter isn't quite equivalent to a yard.

    ruМетр - это не совсем ярд.

    deEin Meter entspricht nicht ganz einem Yard.

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  4. It's the equivalent of sawing off the branch you're sitting on.

    ruЭто всё равно что пилить сук, на котором сидишь.

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  5. The ages of the two children put together was equivalent to that of their father.

    ruСумма возрастов детей равнялась возрасту отца.

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Translations

9 languages
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Origin

From Latin aequivalentem, accusative singular of aequivalēns, present active participle of

From Latin aequivalentem, accusative singular of aequivalēns, present active participle of aequivaleō (“to be equivalent, have equal power”). By surface analysis, equi- + -valent.

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