Definition of equivalent

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Equivalent (a.) Contemporaneous in origin; as, the equivalent strata of different countries..

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Zwanziger :: Zwanziger (n.) An Austrian silver coin equivalent to 20 kreutzers, or about 10 cents..
Equivalence :: Equivalence (v. t.) To be equivalent or equal to; to counterbalance.
A Cappella :: A cappella () A time indication, equivalent to alla breve..
Bivalent :: Bivalent (p. pr.) Equivalent in combining or displacing power to two atoms of hydrogen; dyad.
Purchase :: Purchase (v. t.) To obtain by paying money or its equivalent; to buy for a price; as, to purchase land, or a house..
Mile :: Mile (n.) A certain measure of distance, being equivalent in England and the United States to 320 poles or rods, or 5,280 feet..
Bi- :: Bi- () In the composition of chemical names bi- denotes two atoms, parts, or equivalents of that constituent to the name of which it is prefixed, to one of the other component, or that such constituent is present in double the ordinary proportion; as, bichromate, bisulphide. Be- and di- are often used interchangeably..
With :: With (prep.) To denote the accomplishment of cause, means, instrument, etc; -- sometimes equivalent to by..
Wrench :: Wrench (v. t.) The system made up of a force and a couple of forces in a plane perpendicular to that force. Any number of forces acting at any points upon a rigid body may be compounded so as to be equivalent to a wrench.
Subsextuple :: Subsesqui- () A prefix (also used adjectively) denoting the combination of constituents (especially electro-negative and electro-positive bodies) in the proportion of two to three; as, a subsesqui acetate, i. e., a salt having two equivalents of acetic acid to three of the base..
Convert :: Convert (v. t.) To exchange for some specified equivalent; as, to convert goods into money..
Vender :: Vender (n.) One who vends; one who transfers the exclusive right of possessing a thing, either his own, or that of another as his agent, for a price or pecuniary equivalent; a seller; a vendor..
What :: What (pron., a., & adv.) Sometimes prefixed to adjectives in an adverbial sense, as nearly equivalent to how; as, what happy boys!.
Reimburse :: Reimburse (v. t.) To replace in a treasury or purse, as an equivalent for what has been taken, lost, or expended; to refund; to pay back; to restore; as, to reimburse the expenses of a war..
A :: A () The first letter of the English and of many other alphabets. The capital A of the alphabets of Middle and Western Europe, as also the small letter (a), besides the forms in Italic, black letter, etc., are all descended from the old Latin A, which was borrowed from the Greek Alpha, of the same form; and this was made from the first letter (/) of the Phoenician alphabet, the equivalent of the Hebrew Aleph, and itself from the Egyptian origin. The Aleph was a consonant letter, with a guttural
For :: For (prep.) Indicating that on place of or instead of which anything acts or serves, or that to which a substitute, an equivalent, a compensation, or the like, is offered or made; instead of, or place of..
Repair :: Repair (v. t.) To make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to indemnify for; as, to repair a loss or damage..
Quadrable :: Quadrable (a.) That may be sqyared, or reduced to an equivalent square; -- said of a surface when the area limited by a curve can be exactly found, and expressed in a finite number of algebraic terms..
Noggin :: Noggin (n.) A measure equivalent to a gill.
Compensate :: Compensate (v. t.) To be equivalent in value or effect to; to counterbalance; to make up for; to make amends for.
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