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EQUIVALENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
combining weight; eq; equivalent; equivalent weight
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("equivalent" is a kind of...):
atomic mass; atomic weight; relative atomic mass ((chemistry) the mass of an atom of a chemical element expressed in atomic mass units)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A person or thing equal to another in value or measure or force or effect or significance etc
Example:
send two dollars or the equivalent in stamps
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("equivalent" is a kind of...):
cognition; knowledge; noesis (the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "equivalent"):
counterpart; opposite number; vis-a-vis (a person or thing having the same function or characteristics as another)
replacement; substitute (a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another)
Derivation:
equivalent (being essentially equal to something)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Being essentially equal to something
Example:
his statement was tantamount to an admission of guilt
Synonyms:
equivalent; tantamount
Classified under:
Similar:
equal (having the same quantity, value, or measure as another)
Derivation:
equivalence (essential equality and interchangeability)
equivalent (a person or thing equal to another in value or measure or force or effect or significance etc)
Context examples:
These so-called monoclonal antibodies could prevent or treat infection with HIV or its monkey equivalent in mice and macaques.
(HIV Immunotherapy Promising in First Human Study, NIH)
The enormous ice sheet holds enough water to produce the equivalent of more than 9 feet (3 meters) of global sea level rise.
(West Antarctica's largest glacier may have started retreating as early as the 1940s, NSF)
A unit of relative amount of a substance equal to one thousandth of an equivalent weight.
(Milliequivalent, NCI Thesaurus)
The Extramural Epidemiology and Genetics Program is the extramural equivalent of the NCI Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics.
(Extramural Epidemiology and Genetics Program, NCI Thesaurus)
The academic standard is equivalent to Ph.D. science.
(Doctor of Medicine, NCI Thesaurus)
It is awarded by many American universities and is equivalent to a PhD degree.
(Doctor of Engineering, NCI Thesaurus)
This is equivalent to does not meet requirements or specifications.
(Failed, Food and Drug Administration)
A linked series of non-equivalent biochemical interactions and enzymatic reactions, and/or a linked series of biochemical processes.
(Biochemical Process, NCI Thesaurus)
A unit of relative amount of substance concentration equal to one millionth of a gram of an equivalent weight.
(Microgram Equivalent, NCI Thesaurus)
The sites are in both northern and southern hemispheres of Mars, at latitudes from about 55 to 58 degrees, equivalent on Earth to Scotland or the tip of South America.
(Steep Slopes on Mars Reveal Structure of Buried Ice, NASA)
