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Comparative
more equivalent
Superlative
most equivalent
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having the same meaning, quality, value, etc. as a different person or thing
- Completing an online or correspondence course would serve as an equivalent requirement to the traditional classroom version.
- Electrical resistance and impedance are equivalent characteristics for certain kinds of circuits or electrical components.
- Mathematicians proved the equations represented equivalent formulations of the same underlying theoretical concept.
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(of mathematical expressions or quantities) having the same value or function, even if they appear in different forms
- The fractions 1/2 and 2/4 are equivalent because they represent the same value.
- In set theory, two sets are equivalent if they contain exactly the same elements.
- In probability, two events are equivalent if they have the same probability of occurring.
- The decimal 0.75 and the fraction 3/4 are equivalent because they represent the same quantity.