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- English Word Equivalence Definition The degree of combining power as determined by relative weight. See Equivalent, n., 2.
- English Word Equivalence Definition To be equivalent or equal to; to counterbalance.
- English Word Equivalency Definition Same as Equivalence.
- English Word Equivalent Definition Equal in wortir or value, force, power, effect, import, and the like; alike in significance and value; of the same import or meaning.
- English Word Equivalent Definition Equal in measure but not admitting of superposition; -- applied to magnitudes; as, a square may be equivalent to a triangle.
- English Word Equivalent Definition Contemporaneous in origin; as, the equivalent strata of different countries.
- English Word Equivalent Definition Something equivalent; that which is equal in value, worth, weight, or force; as, to offer an equivalent for damage done.
- English Word Equivalent Definition 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.
- English Word Equivalent Definition A combining unit, whether an atom, a radical, or a molecule; as, in acid salt two or more equivalents of acid unite with one or more equivalents of base.
- English Word Equivalent Definition To make the equivalent to; to equal; equivalence.
- English Word Equivalently Definition In an equal manner.
- English Word Equivalue Definition To put an equal value upon; to put (something) on a par with another thing.
- English Word Equivalve Definition Alt. of Equivalved
- English Word Equivalved Definition Having the valves equal in size and from, as in most bivalve shells.
- English Word Equivalvular Definition Same as Equivalve or Equivalved.
- English Word Equivocacy Definition Equivocalness.
- English Word Equivocal Definition (Literally, called equally one thing or the other; hence:) Having two significations equally applicable; capable of double interpretation; of doubtful meaning; ambiguous; uncertain; as, equivocal words; an equivocal sentence.
- English Word Equivocal Definition Capable of being ascribed to different motives, or of signifying opposite feelings, purposes, or characters; deserving to be suspected; as, his actions are equivocal.
- English Word Equivocal Definition Uncertain, as an indication or sign; doubtful.
- English Word Equivocal Definition A word or expression capable of different meanings; an ambiguous term; an equivoque.
- English Word Equivocally Definition In an equivocal manner.
- English Word Equivocalness Definition The state of being equivocal.
- English Word Equivocate Definition To use words of equivocal or doubtful signification; to express one's opinions in terms which admit of different senses, with intent to deceive; to use ambiguous expressions with a view to mislead; as, to equivocate is the work of duplicity.
- English Word Equivocate Definition To render equivocal or ambiguous.
- English Word Equivocated Definition of Equivocate
- English Word Equivocating Definition of Equivocate
- English Word Equivocation Definition The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification, with a purpose to mislead.
- English Word Equivocator Definition One who equivocates.
- English Word Equivocatory Definition Indicating, or characterized by, equivocation.
- English Word Equivoke Definition An ambiguous term; a word susceptible of different significations.