Definition of equivalent in English:

equivalent

adjective ɪˈkwɪv(ə)l(ə)ntəˈkwɪv(ə)lənt

1Equal in value, amount, function, meaning, etc.
one unit is equivalent to one glass of wine
Example sentencesExamples
- These credits can be applied to medical services at Woodhull for an equivalent dollar value.
- In return, the lessee gives one-third of the harvest or something of equivalent value to the owner.
- Negative controls used equivalent amounts of RNA not subjected to reverse transcription.
- Had he bought another home for his retirement within the city he would have paid the entire amount for an equivalent property.
- But hang on to the receipt in case you want to exchange it for something of equivalent value in case you don't need that day or you've had it before.
- In return, any project that has benefited from the fund must spend the equivalent amount with creative businesses in Wales.
- The structure has eight cylindrical tubes that store the equivalent amount to that of moneybags.
- An equivalent amount of energy would be necessary to split the atom apart.
- Meat substitutes generally contain less protein than an equivalent amount of meat.
- All they were obliged to do was to return an equivalent amount.
- Of course, in that event, the broker would be unlikely to have paid the equivalent amount to the customer either.
- Add the equivalent amount of sugar and stir until sugar has dissolved.
- This gives the equivalent amounts of income respondents are prepared to give up or accept for a change in the level of another characteristic.
- An equivalent amount of normal saline was added to control tubes in lieu of enzyme solution and processed similarly.
- Farmers are now expecting prices to lift by an equivalent amount.
- But if nothing came to fruition, a fall of an equivalent amount could be on the cards.
- They just wanted me to donate, monthly, the equivalent amount to half a bag of tea-bags.
- We will panic about being unable to afford to replace the boiler and then, on impulse, book a weekend in Ibiza that costs the equivalent amount.
- Humans would have to eat two cloves of raw garlic a day to obtain the equivalent amount of allicin given to rats in the study.
- As such, nominal practice selling prices are higher than equivalent cash values.
Synonyms
equal, identical
similar, parallel, analogous, comparable, corresponding, correspondent, interchangeable
like, commensurate with, the same as, synonymous with, much the same as
amounting, tantamount, approximate, near, close
of a kind, of a piece
rare coequal
1. 1.1equivalent to Having the same or a similar effect as.
  some regulations are equivalent to censorship
  Example sentencesExamples
  That is equivalent to the same life reduction you would expect from smoking.
  Every parent who wants one is given a voucher equivalent to the money that would be spent on educating his or her child.
  This Mr Whitton presents to us as roughly equivalent to St Francis giving his possessions to the poor.
  That is equivalent to the admission requirements of some Oxford and Cambridge colleges.
  It seems somewhat equivalent to winning the midweek and weekend Lottery in the same week.
  Aids currently causes deaths equivalent to the Holocaust every two years.
  Additionally, the effect of watching fish was determined to be equivalent to the effect of hypnosis.
  The income was equivalent to a two per cent council tax hike, Coun Galloway said.
  An hour of walking in a pair of these trainers or sandals is apparently equivalent to three hours of hard exercise at the gym.
  The shortfall next year alone would be equivalent to 4p on the basic rate of income tax.
  If other countries invade Syria, would that be in any way equivalent to Poland?
  They are being asked to donate funds equivalent to a food or drink item from their establishment.
  The effect is equivalent to always rejecting the face-up card that is passed to you.
  When he reaches the top of that he shadow boxes, all the while wearing a burden equivalent to a quarter of his own body weight.
  Asking any other sector to give us a viable price for our produce is equivalent to begging.
  Each day, the race is the equivalent to running six continuous marathons with only nine litres of water.
  A two-week holiday in school time is equivalent to nearly half a day a week of teaching for two terms.
  This is equivalent to three bin bags of rubbish per household of four or less people.
  Should I set out on such a journey, equivalent to sailing round the world single handed in a rowboat?
  It was equivalent to approving violent actions to suppress our freedom of speech.
  Synonyms
  equivalent to, equal to, amounting to, as good as, more or less, synonymous with, virtually the same as, much the same as, comparable to, on a par with, commensurate with, along the lines of, as serious as, identical to
2. 1.2Mathematics Belonging to the same equivalence class.
  Example sentencesExamples
  1 is equivalent to 16, because both have remainder 1 when you divide by three, but 2 is NOT equivalent to 7 because 2 has remainder 2, but 7 has remainder 1.
  A is equivalent to A for all A in the set of upper case Latin characters.

noun ɪˈkwɪv(ə)l(ə)ntəˈkwɪv(ə)lənt

1A person or thing that is equal to or corresponds with another in value, amount, function, meaning, etc.
the French equivalent of the Bank of England
Example sentencesExamples
- In some instances this can amount up to the equivalent of two monthly premiums for the same portfolio.
- Opting out is the equivalent to handing back to your employer some of your rightful wages.
- Marias opens the piece by talking about how some phrases just don't have a similar equivalent in other languages.
- The difference between the expected value and the certainty equivalent is the risk premium for the gamble.
- This second form of value is basically the equivalent of a signifying chain in semiotics.
- There is no tram equivalent to the National Railway Museum in York, but at least we have the pictures.
- This amount is the equivalent today to about $750, but in terms of rupees it is not an insignificant sum.
- This amount is the equivalent of one part per billion in weight.
- That is the equivalent to two dentists a week quitting NHS service in the area.
- That sum is the equivalent to the entire GDP of all the countries in question.
- We need urgently to develop our own homegrown equivalent to drive forward change.
- The area sealed off is the equivalent to one quarter of the whole country, which shares a border with Iraq.
- The singers looked and sounded as if they weren't trying awfully hard - as if this was the musical equivalent of a gentle stroll in the park.
- The carnival is the equivalent to a big match day in terms of manpower, although it is usually peaceful.
- Perhaps this is just the modern day equivalent to the old Charabanc trip to the sea side.
- Money, the means of expression of value as a symbolic equivalent, is comparable, Marx said, to language.
- This is surely the media equivalent to saying that the sun revolves around the earth.
- India was at last ready for a swadeshi equivalent to the New York or London Review of Books.
- Of course, words in one language don't always have exact equivalents in another.
- Any idea without an exact equivalent in sterling or status is automatically suspect and marks you as a fool.
Synonyms
counterpart, parallel, alternative, match, complement, analogue, double, twin, opposite number
equal, peer, rival
answer
rare coequal
2Chemistry
The mass of a particular substance that can combine with or displace one gram of hydrogen or eight grams of oxygen, used in expressing combining powers, especially of elements.
Example sentencesExamples
- It is defined as the number of equivalents of solute per volume of solution in liters.
- Methanol content was related to galacturonic acid equivalents on a mol basis to calculate degree of methylesterification.
- There go four equivalents of carbon monoxide into your blood cells, and there's only so long you can keep that up.
- The OEC accumulates the four oxidizing equivalents that are required for water oxidation.
- The equivalent of a substance is the mass which supplies or consumes one mole of another substance in a reaction.

Derivatives

equivalently

adverb

It may be equivalently priced, but it is emphatically not an equivalent product.
Example sentencesExamples
- In humans, analogous brain regions and neural circuits are activated equivalently when we see or form mental images of the faces of specific individuals.
- Not that all fantastic theories are equivalently nonsensical.
- There is no equivalently left-wing analogue with any clout in the United States.
- Yes, the two parties are equivalently malignant this way.

Origin

Late Middle English (describing persons who were equal in power or rank): via Old French from late Latin aequivalent- 'being of equal worth', from the verb aequivalere, from aequi- 'equally' + valere 'be worth'.

Rhymes

ambivalent

Definition of equivalent in US English:

equivalent

adjectiveəˈkwɪv(ə)ləntəˈkwiv(ə)lənt

1Equal in value, amount, function, meaning, etc.
one unit is equivalent to one glass of wine
Example sentencesExamples
- Add the equivalent amount of sugar and stir until sugar has dissolved.
- We will panic about being unable to afford to replace the boiler and then, on impulse, book a weekend in Ibiza that costs the equivalent amount.
- Meat substitutes generally contain less protein than an equivalent amount of meat.
- As such, nominal practice selling prices are higher than equivalent cash values.
- They just wanted me to donate, monthly, the equivalent amount to half a bag of tea-bags.
- Negative controls used equivalent amounts of RNA not subjected to reverse transcription.
- Farmers are now expecting prices to lift by an equivalent amount.
- But hang on to the receipt in case you want to exchange it for something of equivalent value in case you don't need that day or you've had it before.
- This gives the equivalent amounts of income respondents are prepared to give up or accept for a change in the level of another characteristic.
- In return, the lessee gives one-third of the harvest or something of equivalent value to the owner.
- Humans would have to eat two cloves of raw garlic a day to obtain the equivalent amount of allicin given to rats in the study.
- All they were obliged to do was to return an equivalent amount.
- In return, any project that has benefited from the fund must spend the equivalent amount with creative businesses in Wales.
- But if nothing came to fruition, a fall of an equivalent amount could be on the cards.
- An equivalent amount of energy would be necessary to split the atom apart.
- Had he bought another home for his retirement within the city he would have paid the entire amount for an equivalent property.
- An equivalent amount of normal saline was added to control tubes in lieu of enzyme solution and processed similarly.
- The structure has eight cylindrical tubes that store the equivalent amount to that of moneybags.
- These credits can be applied to medical services at Woodhull for an equivalent dollar value.
- Of course, in that event, the broker would be unlikely to have paid the equivalent amount to the customer either.
Synonyms
equal, identical
1. 1.1equivalent topredicative Having the same or a similar effect as.
  some regulations are equivalent to censorship
  Example sentencesExamples
  That is equivalent to the same life reduction you would expect from smoking.
  That is equivalent to the admission requirements of some Oxford and Cambridge colleges.
  Every parent who wants one is given a voucher equivalent to the money that would be spent on educating his or her child.
  Should I set out on such a journey, equivalent to sailing round the world single handed in a rowboat?
  The effect is equivalent to always rejecting the face-up card that is passed to you.
  This is equivalent to three bin bags of rubbish per household of four or less people.
  The shortfall next year alone would be equivalent to 4p on the basic rate of income tax.
  When he reaches the top of that he shadow boxes, all the while wearing a burden equivalent to a quarter of his own body weight.
  Each day, the race is the equivalent to running six continuous marathons with only nine litres of water.
  The income was equivalent to a two per cent council tax hike, Coun Galloway said.
  Asking any other sector to give us a viable price for our produce is equivalent to begging.
  They are being asked to donate funds equivalent to a food or drink item from their establishment.
  If other countries invade Syria, would that be in any way equivalent to Poland?
  Additionally, the effect of watching fish was determined to be equivalent to the effect of hypnosis.
  An hour of walking in a pair of these trainers or sandals is apparently equivalent to three hours of hard exercise at the gym.
  A two-week holiday in school time is equivalent to nearly half a day a week of teaching for two terms.
  It was equivalent to approving violent actions to suppress our freedom of speech.
  Aids currently causes deaths equivalent to the Holocaust every two years.
  It seems somewhat equivalent to winning the midweek and weekend Lottery in the same week.
  This Mr Whitton presents to us as roughly equivalent to St Francis giving his possessions to the poor.
  Synonyms
  equivalent to, equal to, amounting to, as good as, more or less, synonymous with, virtually the same as, much the same as, comparable to, on a par with, commensurate with, along the lines of, as serious as, identical to
2. 1.2Mathematics Belonging to the same equivalence class.
  Example sentencesExamples
  A is equivalent to A for all A in the set of upper case Latin characters.
  1 is equivalent to 16, because both have remainder 1 when you divide by three, but 2 is NOT equivalent to 7 because 2 has remainder 2, but 7 has remainder 1.

nounəˈkwɪv(ə)ləntəˈkwiv(ə)lənt

1A person or thing that is equal to or corresponds with another in value, amount, function, meaning, etc.
the French equivalent of the FBI
Example sentencesExamples
- Perhaps this is just the modern day equivalent to the old Charabanc trip to the sea side.
- This second form of value is basically the equivalent of a signifying chain in semiotics.
- Opting out is the equivalent to handing back to your employer some of your rightful wages.
- This is surely the media equivalent to saying that the sun revolves around the earth.
- India was at last ready for a swadeshi equivalent to the New York or London Review of Books.
- This amount is the equivalent of one part per billion in weight.
- This amount is the equivalent today to about $750, but in terms of rupees it is not an insignificant sum.
- The area sealed off is the equivalent to one quarter of the whole country, which shares a border with Iraq.
- Any idea without an exact equivalent in sterling or status is automatically suspect and marks you as a fool.
- Marias opens the piece by talking about how some phrases just don't have a similar equivalent in other languages.
- The singers looked and sounded as if they weren't trying awfully hard - as if this was the musical equivalent of a gentle stroll in the park.
- We need urgently to develop our own homegrown equivalent to drive forward change.
- That is the equivalent to two dentists a week quitting NHS service in the area.
- The carnival is the equivalent to a big match day in terms of manpower, although it is usually peaceful.
- There is no tram equivalent to the National Railway Museum in York, but at least we have the pictures.
- That sum is the equivalent to the entire GDP of all the countries in question.
- The difference between the expected value and the certainty equivalent is the risk premium for the gamble.
- Money, the means of expression of value as a symbolic equivalent, is comparable, Marx said, to language.
- In some instances this can amount up to the equivalent of two monthly premiums for the same portfolio.
- Of course, words in one language don't always have exact equivalents in another.
Synonyms
counterpart, parallel, alternative, match, complement, analogue, double, twin, opposite number
1. 1.1Chemistry The mass of a particular substance that can combine with or displace one gram of hydrogen or eight grams of oxygen, used in expressing combining powers, especially of elements.
  Example sentencesExamples
  The equivalent of a substance is the mass which supplies or consumes one mole of another substance in a reaction.
  Methanol content was related to galacturonic acid equivalents on a mol basis to calculate degree of methylesterification.
  It is defined as the number of equivalents of solute per volume of solution in liters.
  The OEC accumulates the four oxidizing equivalents that are required for water oxidation.
  There go four equivalents of carbon monoxide into your blood cells, and there's only so long you can keep that up.

Origin

Late Middle English (describing persons who were equal in power or rank): via Old French from late Latin aequivalent- ‘being of equal worth’, from the verb aequivalere, from aequi- ‘equally’ + valere ‘be worth’.

单词	equivalent
释义	Definition of equivalent in English: equivalent adjective ɪˈkwɪv(ə)l(ə)ntəˈkwɪv(ə)lənt 1Equal in value, amount, function, meaning, etc. one unit is equivalent to one glass of wine Example sentencesExamples These credits can be applied to medical services at Woodhull for an equivalent dollar value. In return, the lessee gives one-third of the harvest or something of equivalent value to the owner. Negative controls used equivalent amounts of RNA not subjected to reverse transcription. Had he bought another home for his retirement within the city he would have paid the entire amount for an equivalent property. But hang on to the receipt in case you want to exchange it for something of equivalent value in case you don't need that day or you've had it before. In return, any project that has benefited from the fund must spend the equivalent amount with creative businesses in Wales. The structure has eight cylindrical tubes that store the equivalent amount to that of moneybags. An equivalent amount of energy would be necessary to split the atom apart. Meat substitutes generally contain less protein than an equivalent amount of meat. All they were obliged to do was to return an equivalent amount. Of course, in that event, the broker would be unlikely to have paid the equivalent amount to the customer either. Add the equivalent amount of sugar and stir until sugar has dissolved. This gives the equivalent amounts of income respondents are prepared to give up or accept for a change in the level of another characteristic. An equivalent amount of normal saline was added to control tubes in lieu of enzyme solution and processed similarly. Farmers are now expecting prices to lift by an equivalent amount. But if nothing came to fruition, a fall of an equivalent amount could be on the cards. They just wanted me to donate, monthly, the equivalent amount to half a bag of tea-bags. We will panic about being unable to afford to replace the boiler and then, on impulse, book a weekend in Ibiza that costs the equivalent amount. Humans would have to eat two cloves of raw garlic a day to obtain the equivalent amount of allicin given to rats in the study. As such, nominal practice selling prices are higher than equivalent cash values. Synonyms equal, identical similar, parallel, analogous, comparable, corresponding, correspondent, interchangeable like, commensurate with, the same as, synonymous with, much the same as amounting, tantamount, approximate, near, close of a kind, of a piece rare coequal 1.1equivalent to Having the same or a similar effect as. some regulations are equivalent to censorship Example sentencesExamples That is equivalent to the same life reduction you would expect from smoking. Every parent who wants one is given a voucher equivalent to the money that would be spent on educating his or her child. This Mr Whitton presents to us as roughly equivalent to St Francis giving his possessions to the poor. That is equivalent to the admission requirements of some Oxford and Cambridge colleges. It seems somewhat equivalent to winning the midweek and weekend Lottery in the same week. Aids currently causes deaths equivalent to the Holocaust every two years. Additionally, the effect of watching fish was determined to be equivalent to the effect of hypnosis. The income was equivalent to a two per cent council tax hike, Coun Galloway said. An hour of walking in a pair of these trainers or sandals is apparently equivalent to three hours of hard exercise at the gym. The shortfall next year alone would be equivalent to 4p on the basic rate of income tax. If other countries invade Syria, would that be in any way equivalent to Poland? They are being asked to donate funds equivalent to a food or drink item from their establishment. The effect is equivalent to always rejecting the face-up card that is passed to you. When he reaches the top of that he shadow boxes, all the while wearing a burden equivalent to a quarter of his own body weight. Asking any other sector to give us a viable price for our produce is equivalent to begging. Each day, the race is the equivalent to running six continuous marathons with only nine litres of water. A two-week holiday in school time is equivalent to nearly half a day a week of teaching for two terms. This is equivalent to three bin bags of rubbish per household of four or less people. Should I set out on such a journey, equivalent to sailing round the world single handed in a rowboat? It was equivalent to approving violent actions to suppress our freedom of speech. Synonyms equivalent to, equal to, amounting to, as good as, more or less, synonymous with, virtually the same as, much the same as, comparable to, on a par with, commensurate with, along the lines of, as serious as, identical to 1.2Mathematics Belonging to the same equivalence class. Example sentencesExamples 1 is equivalent to 16, because both have remainder 1 when you divide by three, but 2 is NOT equivalent to 7 because 2 has remainder 2, but 7 has remainder 1. A is equivalent to A for all A in the set of upper case Latin characters. noun ɪˈkwɪv(ə)l(ə)ntəˈkwɪv(ə)lənt 1A person or thing that is equal to or corresponds with another in value, amount, function, meaning, etc. the French equivalent of the Bank of England Example sentencesExamples In some instances this can amount up to the equivalent of two monthly premiums for the same portfolio. Opting out is the equivalent to handing back to your employer some of your rightful wages. Marias opens the piece by talking about how some phrases just don't have a similar equivalent in other languages. The difference between the expected value and the certainty equivalent is the risk premium for the gamble. This second form of value is basically the equivalent of a signifying chain in semiotics. There is no tram equivalent to the National Railway Museum in York, but at least we have the pictures. This amount is the equivalent today to about $750, but in terms of rupees it is not an insignificant sum. This amount is the equivalent of one part per billion in weight. That is the equivalent to two dentists a week quitting NHS service in the area. That sum is the equivalent to the entire GDP of all the countries in question. We need urgently to develop our own homegrown equivalent to drive forward change. The area sealed off is the equivalent to one quarter of the whole country, which shares a border with Iraq. The singers looked and sounded as if they weren't trying awfully hard - as if this was the musical equivalent of a gentle stroll in the park. The carnival is the equivalent to a big match day in terms of manpower, although it is usually peaceful. Perhaps this is just the modern day equivalent to the old Charabanc trip to the sea side. Money, the means of expression of value as a symbolic equivalent, is comparable, Marx said, to language. This is surely the media equivalent to saying that the sun revolves around the earth. India was at last ready for a swadeshi equivalent to the New York or London Review of Books. Of course, words in one language don't always have exact equivalents in another. Any idea without an exact equivalent in sterling or status is automatically suspect and marks you as a fool. Synonyms counterpart, parallel, alternative, match, complement, analogue, double, twin, opposite number equal, peer, rival answer rare coequal 2Chemistry The mass of a particular substance that can combine with or displace one gram of hydrogen or eight grams of oxygen, used in expressing combining powers, especially of elements. Example sentencesExamples It is defined as the number of equivalents of solute per volume of solution in liters. Methanol content was related to galacturonic acid equivalents on a mol basis to calculate degree of methylesterification. There go four equivalents of carbon monoxide into your blood cells, and there's only so long you can keep that up. The OEC accumulates the four oxidizing equivalents that are required for water oxidation. The equivalent of a substance is the mass which supplies or consumes one mole of another substance in a reaction. Derivatives equivalently adverb It may be equivalently priced, but it is emphatically not an equivalent product. Example sentencesExamples In humans, analogous brain regions and neural circuits are activated equivalently when we see or form mental images of the faces of specific individuals. Not that all fantastic theories are equivalently nonsensical. There is no equivalently left-wing analogue with any clout in the United States. Yes, the two parties are equivalently malignant this way. Origin Late Middle English (describing persons who were equal in power or rank): via Old French from late Latin aequivalent- 'being of equal worth', from the verb aequivalere, from aequi- 'equally' + valere 'be worth'. Rhymes ambivalent Definition of equivalent in US English: equivalent adjectiveəˈkwɪv(ə)ləntəˈkwiv(ə)lənt 1Equal in value, amount, function, meaning, etc. one unit is equivalent to one glass of wine Example sentencesExamples Add the equivalent amount of sugar and stir until sugar has dissolved. We will panic about being unable to afford to replace the boiler and then, on impulse, book a weekend in Ibiza that costs the equivalent amount. Meat substitutes generally contain less protein than an equivalent amount of meat. As such, nominal practice selling prices are higher than equivalent cash values. They just wanted me to donate, monthly, the equivalent amount to half a bag of tea-bags. Negative controls used equivalent amounts of RNA not subjected to reverse transcription. Farmers are now expecting prices to lift by an equivalent amount. But hang on to the receipt in case you want to exchange it for something of equivalent value in case you don't need that day or you've had it before. This gives the equivalent amounts of income respondents are prepared to give up or accept for a change in the level of another characteristic. In return, the lessee gives one-third of the harvest or something of equivalent value to the owner. Humans would have to eat two cloves of raw garlic a day to obtain the equivalent amount of allicin given to rats in the study. All they were obliged to do was to return an equivalent amount. In return, any project that has benefited from the fund must spend the equivalent amount with creative businesses in Wales. But if nothing came to fruition, a fall of an equivalent amount could be on the cards. An equivalent amount of energy would be necessary to split the atom apart. Had he bought another home for his retirement within the city he would have paid the entire amount for an equivalent property. An equivalent amount of normal saline was added to control tubes in lieu of enzyme solution and processed similarly. The structure has eight cylindrical tubes that store the equivalent amount to that of moneybags. These credits can be applied to medical services at Woodhull for an equivalent dollar value. Of course, in that event, the broker would be unlikely to have paid the equivalent amount to the customer either. Synonyms equal, identical 1.1equivalent topredicative Having the same or a similar effect as. some regulations are equivalent to censorship Example sentencesExamples That is equivalent to the same life reduction you would expect from smoking. That is equivalent to the admission requirements of some Oxford and Cambridge colleges. Every parent who wants one is given a voucher equivalent to the money that would be spent on educating his or her child. Should I set out on such a journey, equivalent to sailing round the world single handed in a rowboat? The effect is equivalent to always rejecting the face-up card that is passed to you. This is equivalent to three bin bags of rubbish per household of four or less people. The shortfall next year alone would be equivalent to 4p on the basic rate of income tax. When he reaches the top of that he shadow boxes, all the while wearing a burden equivalent to a quarter of his own body weight. Each day, the race is the equivalent to running six continuous marathons with only nine litres of water. The income was equivalent to a two per cent council tax hike, Coun Galloway said. Asking any other sector to give us a viable price for our produce is equivalent to begging. They are being asked to donate funds equivalent to a food or drink item from their establishment. If other countries invade Syria, would that be in any way equivalent to Poland? Additionally, the effect of watching fish was determined to be equivalent to the effect of hypnosis. An hour of walking in a pair of these trainers or sandals is apparently equivalent to three hours of hard exercise at the gym. A two-week holiday in school time is equivalent to nearly half a day a week of teaching for two terms. It was equivalent to approving violent actions to suppress our freedom of speech. Aids currently causes deaths equivalent to the Holocaust every two years. It seems somewhat equivalent to winning the midweek and weekend Lottery in the same week. This Mr Whitton presents to us as roughly equivalent to St Francis giving his possessions to the poor. Synonyms equivalent to, equal to, amounting to, as good as, more or less, synonymous with, virtually the same as, much the same as, comparable to, on a par with, commensurate with, along the lines of, as serious as, identical to 1.2Mathematics Belonging to the same equivalence class. Example sentencesExamples A is equivalent to A for all A in the set of upper case Latin characters. 1 is equivalent to 16, because both have remainder 1 when you divide by three, but 2 is NOT equivalent to 7 because 2 has remainder 2, but 7 has remainder 1. nounəˈkwɪv(ə)ləntəˈkwiv(ə)lənt 1A person or thing that is equal to or corresponds with another in value, amount, function, meaning, etc. the French equivalent of the FBI Example sentencesExamples Perhaps this is just the modern day equivalent to the old Charabanc trip to the sea side. This second form of value is basically the equivalent of a signifying chain in semiotics. Opting out is the equivalent to handing back to your employer some of your rightful wages. This is surely the media equivalent to saying that the sun revolves around the earth. India was at last ready for a swadeshi equivalent to the New York or London Review of Books. This amount is the equivalent of one part per billion in weight. This amount is the equivalent today to about $750, but in terms of rupees it is not an insignificant sum. The area sealed off is the equivalent to one quarter of the whole country, which shares a border with Iraq. Any idea without an exact equivalent in sterling or status is automatically suspect and marks you as a fool. Marias opens the piece by talking about how some phrases just don't have a similar equivalent in other languages. The singers looked and sounded as if they weren't trying awfully hard - as if this was the musical equivalent of a gentle stroll in the park. We need urgently to develop our own homegrown equivalent to drive forward change. That is the equivalent to two dentists a week quitting NHS service in the area. The carnival is the equivalent to a big match day in terms of manpower, although it is usually peaceful. There is no tram equivalent to the National Railway Museum in York, but at least we have the pictures. That sum is the equivalent to the entire GDP of all the countries in question. The difference between the expected value and the certainty equivalent is the risk premium for the gamble. Money, the means of expression of value as a symbolic equivalent, is comparable, Marx said, to language. In some instances this can amount up to the equivalent of two monthly premiums for the same portfolio. Of course, words in one language don't always have exact equivalents in another. Synonyms counterpart, parallel, alternative, match, complement, analogue, double, twin, opposite number 1.1Chemistry The mass of a particular substance that can combine with or displace one gram of hydrogen or eight grams of oxygen, used in expressing combining powers, especially of elements. Example sentencesExamples The equivalent of a substance is the mass which supplies or consumes one mole of another substance in a reaction. Methanol content was related to galacturonic acid equivalents on a mol basis to calculate degree of methylesterification. It is defined as the number of equivalents of solute per volume of solution in liters. The OEC accumulates the four oxidizing equivalents that are required for water oxidation. There go four equivalents of carbon monoxide into your blood cells, and there's only so long you can keep that up. Origin Late Middle English (describing persons who were equal in power or rank): via Old French from late Latin aequivalent- ‘being of equal worth’, from the verb aequivalere, from aequi- ‘equally’ + valere ‘be worth’.
随便看	i-whiles iwi i-will i will thank you to do i will thank you to do something i will thank you to do something i will thank you to do sth i will try anything once i-win iwis i-wit i-witness i-wive Iwo Jima i-won i-worded i-worth i would i would i would have thought i wouldn't bet on it i wouldn't know i wouldn't know i wouldn't say no i wouldn't say no