equivalence

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (uncountable) The condition of being equivalent or essentially equal.
2. (countable) An equivalence relation; ≡; ~
3. (uncountable) The relationship between two propositions that are either both true or both false.
4. (countable, uncountable) 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.
5. (countable, uncountable) A Boolean operation that is TRUE when both input variables are TRUE or both input variables are FALSE, but otherwise FALSE; the XNOR function.
6. (countable, uncountable) A number in intersection theory. A positive-dimensional variety sometimes behaves formally as if it were a finite number of points; this number is its equivalence.
7. (countable, uncountable) The degree to which a term or text in one language is semantically similar to its translated counterpart.

Verb

To be equivalent or equal to; to counterbalance.

Concepts

équivalence

comparaison

comparer

égalité

équation

comparabilité

Synonymes

equivalency

equivalent

equality

correspondence

equation

par

balance

conformity

comparability

parity

compare

comparison

tantamount

equal value

parallelism

similarity

sufficiency

equivalent weight

eventness

accordance

Eq

adequacy

adequateness

analogy

argument

debate

equilibrium

equipollent

equity

evenness

fit

homology

normal

opposition

Traductions

equivalencia

Äquivalenz

equivalenza

Gleichwertigkeit

equivalència

equivalência

equipollenza

gelijkwaardigheid

comparança

Streit

Wortwechsel

Gegenüberstehen

Parität

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɪˈkwɪv.ə.ləns/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From French équivalence, from Medieval Latin aequivalentia.