Definitions for equivalent

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equivalent e·quiv·a·lent

Spelling: [ih-kwiv-uh-luh nt or for 5, ee-kw Equivalent is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 22 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 26 points.

You can make 440 anagrams from letters in equivalent (aeeilnqtuv).

Definitions for equivalent

noun

1. something that is equivalent.

adjective

1. equal in value, measure, force, effect, significance, etc.:
2. corresponding in position, function, etc.:
3. Geometry. having the same extent, as a triangle and a square of equal area.
4. Mathematics. (of two sets) able to be placed in one-to-one correspondence.
5. Chemistry. having the same capacity to combine or react chemically.

Origin of equivalent

1425-75; late Middle English Late Latin aequivalent- (stem of aequivalēns), present participle of aequivalēre. See equi-, -valent

Examples for equivalent

Here we have the equivalent of exactly 24 pounds per horsepower.

All this was equivalent to my formal adoption as Mr. Stewart's son.

It was the equivalent of becoming a black Klansman or Jewish Nazi.

Since 2004, US oil output has jumped by about 56 percent, the equivalent of pumping an extra 3.1 million barrels a day.

If you get the laugh you have your equivalent, and the writer has his.

The two scientific stories resort to the equivalent of Mathematics for Dummies andPhysics for Dummies.

There is no Kevin Spacey equivalent in video game voice acting.

The "wicked uncle" then ascended the throne, or its equivalent.

There is no good English equivalent for Soto's title of Adelantado.

I was lost, fresh back from Vietnam, searching, maybe, for a peril the equivalent of war but aimed in the direction of life.