Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Equivalence.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
equivalence . - noun In chem., the property possessed by an element or radical of combining with another element or radical or of replacing it in a compound body in definite and unalterable proportions. The word is sometimes used as synonymous with valence or quantivalence, as in the extract. See
law of equivalents , under equivalent.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Same as
equivalence .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun countable An
equivalent thing. - noun uncountable
equivalence
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Examples
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ANDREW: Yeah, the high school equivalency is a general education diploma.
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ANDREW: Yeah, the high school equivalency is a general education diploma.
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ANDREW: Yeah, the high school equivalency is a general education diploma.
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False equivalency is when you baselessly assert that the idiocy and dangerous thinking in plain view at any number of tea-bagger assemblies is evident at similar (unspecified) rallies “on the left”.
Think Progress » Blackburn Won’t Endorse Bachmann’s ‘Gangster Government’ Rhetoric 2010
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Keith brought to you by the RDA Corporation says: to call you the king of the false equivalency is really an understatement
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As a consquence, the financial equivalency is going to be pretty hard to figure.
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ANDREW: Yeah, the high school equivalency is a general education diploma.
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Clem, lgm, Joseph — your moral equivalency is quite telling.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Another Item on the SEIU Protest 2010
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Again, your sense of moral relativism and equivalency is revealed.
Sound Politics: Cantwell divorce file resealed by court, yet to be explored by mainstream press 2006
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Moral equivalency is a hypocritic hallmark of the prog movement.
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