equivalent
Equivalent is a 10 letter word which starts with the letter E and ends with the letter T for which we found 5 definitions.
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| (a.) Equal in wortir or value force power effect import and the like; alike in significance and value; of the same import or meaning. |
| (a.) Equal in measure but not admitting of superposition; -- applied to magnitudes; as a square may be equivalent to a triangle. |
| (a.) Contemporaneous in origin; as the equivalent strata of different countries. |
| (n.) Something equivalent; that which is equal in value worth weight or force; as to offer an equivalent for damage done. |
| (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. |
Syllable Information
The word equivalent is a 10 letter word that has 4 syllable 's . The syllable division for equivalent is: e-quiv-a-lent
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