EQUIVALENT

equivalent. Equivalent, a. equal in value, force or meaning

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E‐quiv″a‐lent (?), a. [[L. aequivalens, -entis, p. pr. of aequivalere to have equal power; aequus equal + valere to be strong, be worth: cf. F. équivalent. See Equal, and Valiant.]] 1. 1. Equal in worth or value, force, power, effect, import, and the like; alike in significance and value; of the same import or meaning.
For now to serve and to minister, servile and ministerial, are terms equivalent. South. 2. 2. (Geom.) Equal in measure but not admitting of superposition; — applied to magnitudes; as, a square may be equivalent to a triangle.
3. 3. (Geol.) Contemporaneous in origin; as, the equivalent strata of different countries.