equivalent -- (a person or thing equal to another in value or measure or force or effect or significance etc; "send two dollars or the equivalent in stamps")
equivalent, equivalent weight, combining weight, eq -- (the atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element; the standard is 8 for oxygen)
Overview of adj equivalent
The adj equivalent has 1 sense
equivalent, tantamount -- (being essentially equal to something; "it was as good as gold"; "a wish that was equivalent to a command"; "his statement was tantamount to an admission of guilt")
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