equivalent

1. equivalent (adj) — sense 1

Definition: Similar or identical in value, meaning or effect; virtually equal.

Example: To burn calories, a thirty-minute jog is equivalent to a couple of hamburgers.

2. equivalent (adj) — sense 2

Definition: Of two sets, having a one-to-one correspondence.

Example: All enumerable sets are equivalent to each other, but not to any finite set.

3. equivalent (adj) — sense 3

Definition: Relating to the corresponding elements of an equivalence relation.

4. equivalent (noun) — sense 4

Definition: Anything that is virtually equal to something else, or has the same value, force, etc.

Example: He owned that, if the Test Act were repealed, the Protestants were entitled to an equivalent, and went so far as to suggest several equivalents.

5. equivalent (noun) — sense 5

Definition: An equivalent weight.

6. equivalent (verb) — sense 6

Definition: To make equivalent to; to equal.