equivalencyn.
/iːˈkwɪvələnsi/ 1.
a. = equivalence n. 1.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [noun]
comparison1340
evennessa1398
evenhead?a1400
equipollencec1430
pareil?c1450
equalityc1460
comparation1483
egalness1526
equalness1530
equivalency1535
eveningc1540
equivalencea1542
indifferency1569
owelty1579
coequality1583
mateship1593
equal1596
adequation1605
parity1609
parility1610
matchableness1611
equipollency1623
equiparance1624
egality1628
equipage1633
comparitya1635
omniparity1635
peership1641
exequation1656
equipoise1658
equipotency1658
countervalue1660
adequateness1664
commensurablenessa1676
peerage1681
égalité1794
peerdom1891
1535 Bp. Salisbury in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) I. Your letter..having the equivalency of a inhibition.
1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor 199 Dux and Comes Britanniæ, of whose equiualencie in ancient time, alreadie.
1674 W. Petty Disc. before Royal Soc. 38 The one to measure the velocity of the Wind, and the other its Power or Equivalency to Weight.
a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1683) II. 78 We have redemption through his bloud, the forgiveness of sins; which argueth the equivalency of these terms.
1737 L. Clarke Compl. Hist. Bible II. v. 126 He promises them the Reward of an Hundred-fold by way of Comfort and Equivalency.
1803 Edinb. Rev. 3 237 Money only serves as a measure of equivalency, not as a medium of exchange.
1821 Edinb. Rev. 25 432 By means of which alone the equivalency of dactyls and spondees could ever be established.
1864 T. H. Huxley Lect. Compar. Anat. v. 85 Leave aside altogether the question of the equivalency of these groups.
b. Physics. = equivalence n. 1b.
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1866 Intellectual Observer No. 54. 454 This equivalency of heat and mechanical force.
2. Chemistry. = equivalence n. 2.
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1869 M. Somerville Molecular & Microsc. Sci. i. iii. 106 And thus chemical equivalency extends to them.
3. Geology. Of strata: Correspondence in serial order and characteristics.
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1853 G. Tate Addr. Berwick. Naturalists' Club Fossiliferous beds..furnish interesting evidence as to age and equivalency.
1863 J. D. Dana Man. Geol. 203 (title) Reality of the Primordial or Potsdam Period in America, and its equivalency with the European.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [noun] > equal, counterpart, or equivalent
ylikeeOE
likea1200
make?c1225
fellow?a1425
proportion?a1425
countervailc1430
matcha1450
meetc1450
pareil?c1450
resemblant1484
equivalent1502
countermatch1587
second1599
parallel1600
equipollent1611
balancea1616
tantamount1637
analogy1646
analogate1652
form-fellow1659
equivalency1698
par1711
homologizer1716
peel1722
analogon1797
quits1806
correlate1821
analogue1837
representant1847
homologue1848
countertype1855
homologon1871
correlative1875
vis-à-vis1900
counterpart1903
1698 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. IV. 137 A Vicarious Punishment, not a rigid Satisfaction, but an Equivalency.
1705 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1852) II. 195 Will prove a sufficient Equivalency.
Draft additions 1993
5. = equivalence n. Additions 3.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [noun] > equal, counterpart, or equivalent > specific types of
equipollencec1400
equipollency1652
par1709
isopsephism1882
equivalence1906
equivalency1961
1961 in N. Webster
1976 Jrnl. Asian Stud. 35 594 Dumont does some equivalencies—such as dharma = Brahman = ritual purity.
1987 Math. Modelling 9 265 The paper proposes means whereby the rjk(t) risk differential equivalencies may be elicited as dynamic time functions.
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