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Definitions: Equivalence |
EquivalenceNoun1. A state of being essentially equal or equivalent: "on a par with the best". 2. Essential equality and interchangeability. 3. Qualities that are comparable; "no comparison between the two books"; "beyond compare". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "equivalence" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1762. (references) |
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Agriculture | A term applied by the Uruguay Round Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures. WTO Member countries shall accord acceptance to the SPS measures of other countries (even if those measures differ from their own or from those used by other Member countries trading in the same product) if the exporting country demonstrates to the importing country that its measures achieve the importer's appropriate level of sanitary and phytosanitary protection. (references) |
Computing | Refers to two propositions which have the same truth value. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A logic operator having the property that if P is a statement, Q is a statement, R is a statement, . . . , then the equivalence of P, Q, R, . . . , is true if and only if all statements are false. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: EquivalenceSynonyms: comparability (n), compare (n), comparison (n), equality (n), par (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: nonequivalence (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Equality | Equivalence; equipollence, equipoise, equilibrium, equiponderance; par, quits, a wash; not a pin to choose; distinction without a difference, six of one and half a dozen of the other; tweedle dee and tweedle dum; identity; similarity. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Equivalence |
| English words defined with "equivalence": Atomicity ♦ Einstein's general theory of relativity, Equivalency ♦ general relativity, general relativity theory, general theory of relativity ♦ harmonious ♦ Monatomic ♦ Of ♦ principle of equivalence, proportionate ♦ symmetrical. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "equivalence": Ada ♦ Calculus of Communicating Systems, chemical combination, C-J detonation, copper equivalent ♦ equivalence class, equivalence class partitioning, equivalence factor, equivalence operation, equivalence relation, eta conversion, extensional equality ♦ fictious copper titre, full-time equivalence data ♦ inexact equivalence ♦ Modula-2 , Modula-2*, Modula-3, Modula-3* ♦ observational equivalence ♦ partial equivalence relation, plant with novel traits, projective plane ♦ Real Programmers Don't Use Pascal ♦ time correlation. (references) |
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Economic History | Italy | In August of 2000, the GOI unilaterally, banned the use of the 4 EU approved corn products based on an argument that the products should have been approved following a full EU review and not based on substantial equivalence. (references) |
Political Economy | Italy | Partly as a result of his urging, the GOI unilaterally banned the import of the four main biotech corn varieties (even though they had been approved for use within the EU for several years) based on arguments that the products should have had a full EU review instead of an abbreviated review based on substantial equivalence. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Equivalence" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.64% of the time. "Equivalence" is used about 276 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.64% | 275 | 17,685 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.36% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 276 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "equivalence": equivalence class ♦ equivalence class partitioning ♦ equivalence factor ♦ equivalence operation ♦ equivalence relation ♦ inexact equivalence ♦ observational equivalence ♦ partial equivalence relation ♦ principle of equivalence. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "equivalence": non-equivalence. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "equivalence"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | ekuivalencë (equivalency), barasvlerë (equivalency). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مساواة (equality, evenness, parity), تساو (equality, parity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | равностойност (equivalency, value, worth), равнозначност (equivalency), еквивалентност (equivalency). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 相等 (Equivalency). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | rovnocennost (equivalency). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | overensstemmelse (compatibility, conformity, correspondance), ligeværdi, aekvivalens (equivalency), ækvivalens (correspondance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | equivalentie (equivalency), equivalent (equivalent), gelijkwaardigheid (equivalency). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | ekvivalenssi, yhtäpitävyys (agreement, compliance, conformity), samanarvoisuus (equality). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | équivalence (equivalency). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | gleichwertigkeit (equal footing, equal value, equality, equivalency, homogeneity), äquivalenz (equivalency), Äquivalenz (correspondance, equal footing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ισοροππία, ισοτιμία (equivalent, par, par value, parity), ισοδυναμία (equivalency), ίση αξία. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | שקילות. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | ekvivalencia (equivalency), egyenértékűség (parity), egyenérték (adequation, equivalent, par). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | equivalenza (equal footing, equivalency). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 等価 , 等値 (equal value), 同値 (equal value, equivalent), 対" (correspondence, opposition). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | たいとう (appearance of, becoming famous, coming to power, correspondence, decadence, decline, equivalent, large and wide, long sword, opposition, peaceful and calm, raising one's head, rise of, wearing a sword), どうち (equal value, equivalent, that place, the same place), とうか (airdrop, by the lamp, confection, conversion to sugar, dropping, investment, lamplight, next word, passing the civil service examination, peach blossom, sweetmeats, sweets, sword rack, the old Kanto-area folk songs, throwing down, transmission, under the sword), とうち (equal value, governing, government, here, placing nonessentials before essentials, reign, rule, this place, turning upside down). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | "가. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | co-hrimmid (balance, trim of ship). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | likeverd. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | equivalenceay equivalente (compensative, equipped, equivalent, like, match, quid pro quo, tantamount), equivalência (equivalency, equivalent, par), controle acionário. (various references) echivalenţã (equivalency). (various references) эквивалентность (equivalency, equivalent-to), равноценность (equivalency). (various references) ekvivalentnost (equivalency), ekvivalencija (equivalency). (various references) equivalencia (equivalency, equivalent value). (various references) ekvivalens (equivalency). (various references) eşitlik (egalitarianism, equality, equalization, equation, equivalent, evenness, par, parity), karşılığı olma, denklik (balance, equality, equilibrum). (various references) рівноцінність (equivalency), еквівалентність (equivalency). (various references) tính tương đương (equivalency), sự tương đương (equivalency). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "equivalence": equivalences. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "equivalence": nonequivalence. (additional references) | |
Words containing "equivalence": nonequivalences. (additional references) | |
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"Equivalence" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: equavalence, equivalencey, equivalente, equivlence, equvalence. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "equivalence" (pronounced ikwi"vuluns) |
| 7 | -i" v u l u n s | ambivalence. |
| 6 | -v u l u n s | benevolence, prevalence. |
| 5 | -u l u n s | ambulance, excellence, insolence, nonviolence, opulence, pestilence, petulance, turbulence, vigilance, violence, virulence. |
| 4 | -l u n s | balance, condolence, counterbalance, imbalance, parlance, resemblance, semblance, silence, surveillance, unbalance, Valence. |
| 3 | -u n s | abeyance, abhorrence, absence, abstinence, abundance, acceptance, accordance, acquaintance, acquiescence, adherence, admirations, admittance, adolescence, affluence, allegiance, alliance, allowance, ambiance, ambience, annoyance, appearance, appliance, arrogance, ascendance, assistance, assurance, attendance, audience, avoidance, belligerence, beneficence, bioscience, brilliance, cadence, capacitance, chrominance, circumference, clairvoyance, Clarence, clearance, coexistence, cognizance, coherence, coincidence, coinsurance, comeuppance, competence, compliance, concurrence, conference, confidence, confluence, conformance, congruence, connivance, conscience, consequence, consistence, continuance, contrivance, convalescence, convenience, convergence, conveyance, correspondence, countenance, counterintelligence, credence, dalliance, decadence, Defeasance, deference, defiance, deliverance, dependence, deterrence, deviance, difference, diligence, disallowance, disappearance, discontinuance, disobedience, dissidence, dissonance, distance, disturbance, divergence, dominance, ebullience, elegance, eloquence, emergence, eminence, endurance, entrance, essence, evanescence, evidence, existence, expedience, experience, extravagance, exuberance, flamboyance, Florence, forbearance, fragrance, furtherance, governance, grievance, guidance, hindrance, ignorance, immanence, imminence, impatience, impedance, importance, impotence, imprudence, inadvertence, incidence, incoherence, incompetence, incontinence, inconvenience, independence, indifference, inductance, indulgence, inexperience, inference, influence, inheritance, innocence, insignificance, insistence, instance, insurance, intelligence, interdependence, interference, intolerance, intransigence, invariance, irrelevance, irreverence, issuance, jurisprudence, licence, license, luminance, luminescence, maintenance, malfeasance, negligence, neuroscience, noncompliance, noninterference, nuisance, obedience, observance, obsolescence, occurrence, omnipotence, omnipresence, ordinance, Ordnance, overabundance, overconfidence, overdependence, overreliance, patience, penance, performance, permanence, persecutions, perseverance, persistence, phosphorescence, pittance, precedence, predominance, preeminence, preference, preponderance, prescience, presence, prominence, protuberance, provenance, Providence, province, prudence, pseudoscience, quintessence, radiance, reappearance, reassurance, recalcitrance, recognizance, reconnaissance, recurrence, reemergence, reference, reinspections, reinsurance, relevance, reliance, reluctance, remembrance, reminiscence, remittance, repentance, residence, resilience, resistance, resonance, resurgence, reticence, reverence, riddance, science, senescence, sentence, sequence, severance, significance, submergence, subservience, subsidence, subsistence, substance, sustenance, teleconference, temperance, tolerance, transcendence, transference, transience, utterance, variance, vehemence, vengeance, videoconference. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-e-i-l-n-q-u-v" | |
-4 letters: alienee, cauline, enclave, eucaine, evacuee, leucine, quinela, valence, veinule, vincula. | |
-5 letters: aculei, alevin, alvine, avenue, caique, calque, cinque, claque, cleave, clique, cuneal, eleven, eluvia, enlace, equine, evince, inlace, lacune, launce, leaven, leucin, nuclei, quince, unciae, uncial, unlace, unlive, unveil, valine, veinal, venial, venule, vicuna, vineal. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-e-i-l-n-q-u-v" | |
+1 letter: equivalences. | |
+2 letters: equivalencies. | |
+3 letters: nonequivalence. | |
+4 letters: equivocalnesses, nonequivalences. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 71 75 69 76 61 6C 65 6E 63 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references). --.- ..- .. ...- .- .-.. . -. -.-. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01110001 01110101 01101001 01110110 01100001 01101100 01100101 01101110 01100011 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E q u i v a l e n c e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0071 0075 0069 0076 0061 006C 0065 006E 0063 0065 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3983877588677871806971 |
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