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Equivalence

noun

A state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced. Synonyms: equality, equation, par.

Essential equality and interchangeability.

Qualities that are comparable. Synonyms: comparability, compare, comparison. "Beyond compare"

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"Equivalence" Quotes from Famous Books

... fabric is what would have been had it been thus built up. It can be constructed from base to summit by the application of his formula. As in the imaginary state of deer and beaver, we have a number of independent persons making their bargains upon this principle of the equivalence of labour; and that principle is supposed to be carried out so that the most remote processes of the industrial machinery can be analysed into results of this principle. This gives a sufficient clue to the whole labyrinth of modern industry, and there ...

— The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) - James Mill • Leslie Stephen

... indifference, for which the expression [Greek: apatheia] is better suited than the later one, [Greek: ataraxia]. The description of his life with his sister confirms this, where the term [Greek: adiaphoria] is used to describe his conduct.[3] He founded his Scepticism on the equivalence of ...

— Sextus Empiricus and Greek Scepticism • Mary Mills Patrick

Words linked to "Equivalence" : status, egalite, position, principle of equivalence, equivalent, likeness, comparison, nonequivalence, parity, egality, similitude, tie, alikeness