equivalence
noun · verb
Simple meaning
The relationship between two propositions that are either both true or both false.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ɪkˈwɪvələns
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Definition
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noun
uncountablelogic
The relationship between two propositions that are either both true or both false.
countablemathematics
An equivalence relation; ≡; ~
A state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced
verb
transitive
To be equivalent or equal to; to counterbalance.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- B2 · Upper Intermediate (estimated)
- Frequency
- Moderately Common
- Formality
- Technical
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This meaning: (uncountable, logic) The relationship between two propositions that are either both true or both false.
Used this way, equivalence is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It turns up most in relationships contexts.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
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The principle that a measured quantity of mass is equivalent (according to relativity theory) to a measured quantity of energy.
The principle that an observer has no way of distinguishing whether his laboratory is in a uniform gravitational field or is in an accelerated frame of reference.
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Sense: relationship between two propositions that are either both true
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