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Equivalent   /ɪkwˈɪvələnt/   Listen
Equivalent

adjective
1.
Being essentially equal to something.  Synonym: tantamount.  "A wish that was equivalent to a command" , "His statement was tantamount to an admission of guilt"
noun
1.
A person or thing equal to another in value or measure or force or effect or significance etc.
2.
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 weight.



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"Equivalent" Quotes from Famous Books



... the contour of this plane would correspond to the ends of the axis line in the former vortex; and as before, the vortex would extend to the boundary. Every electric current forms a closed circuit: this is equivalent to the hyper-vortex having its ends in the boundary of the hyper-fluid. The vortex with a surface as its axis, therefore, affords a geometric image of a ...
— Four-Dimensional Vistas • Claude Fayette Bragdon

... field-officers, not be accepted, and the treatment of him as aforementioned be continued, then the principles of retaliation shall occasion first of the said Hessian field-officers, together with Lieutenant-Colonel Archibald Campbell, or any other officers that are or may be in our possession, equivalent in number or quality, to be detained, in order that the same treatment, which general Lee shall receive, may be ...
— An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America • J. P. MacLean

... is closely tied to the fortunes of the oil industry. Petroleum accounts for 75% of export earnings and government revenues and for roughly 40% of GDP. Oman has proved oil reserves of 4 billion barrels, equivalent to about 20 years' supply at the current rate of extraction. Agriculture is carried on at a subsistence level and the general population depends on imported food. The year 1996 was marked by higher oil production ...
— The 1997 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

... coffee-berry substance and yielded mannose on hydrolysis. Schultze and Maxwell state that raw coffee contains galactan, mannan, and pentosans, the latter present to the extent of 5 percent in raw and 3 percent in roasted coffee. By distilling coffee with hydrochloric acid Ewell obtained furfurol equivalent to 9 percent pentose. He also obtained a gummy substance which, on hydrolysis, gave rise to a reducing sugar; and as it gave mucic acid and furfurol on oxidation, he concluded that it was a compound of pentose and galactose. In undressed Mysore coffee Commaille[160] found ...
— All About Coffee • William H. Ukers

... thoroughly, and cook until thickened in a half cupful of boiling water. If cream is not obtainable and butter must be used for seasoning, it is preferable to prepare it in one of the above ways for the purpose, using the quantity given as an equivalent of one cupful of thin cream. It will be evident, however, that these preparations will not only season but thicken whatever they are used in, and that additional liquid should be used ...
— Science in the Kitchen. • Mrs. E. E. Kellogg


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