Equivale
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Equivalence(n.)
- The condition of being equivalent or equal; equality of worth, value, signification, or force; as, an equivalence of definitions.
Equivalence(n.)
- Equal power or force; equivalent amount.
Equivalence(n.)
- The quantity of the combining power of an atom, expressed in hydrogen units; the number of hydrogen atoms can combine with, or be exchanged for; valency. See Valence.
Equivalence(n.)
- The degree of combining power as determined by relative weight. See Equivalent, n., 2.
Equivalence(v. t.)
- To be equivalent or equal to; to counterbalance.
Equivalences
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Equivalencies
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Equivalent(a.)
- Equal in wortir or value, force, power, effect, import, and the like; alike in significance and value; of the same import or meaning.
Equivalent(a.)
- Equal in measure but not admitting of superposition; -- applied to magnitudes; as, a square may be equivalent to a triangle.
Equivalent(a.)
- Contemporaneous in origin; as, the equivalent strata of different countries.
Equivalent(n.)
- Something equivalent; that which is equal in value, worth, weight, or force; as, to offer an equivalent for damage done.
Equivalent(n.)
- That comparative quantity by weight of an element which possesses the same chemical value as other elements, as determined by actual experiment and reference to the same standard. Specifically: (a) The comparative proportions by which one element replaces another in any particular compound; thus, as zinc replaces hydrogen in hydrochloric acid, their equivalents are 32.5 and 1. (b) The combining proportion by weight of a substance, or the number expressing this proportion, in any particular compound; as, the equivalents of hydrogen and oxygen in water are respectively 1 and 8, and in hydric dioxide 1 and 16.
Equivalent(n.)
- A combining unit, whether an atom, a radical, or a molecule; as, in acid salt two or more equivalents of acid unite with one or more equivalents of base.
Equivalent(v. t.)
- To make the equivalent to; to equal; equivalence.