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equivalence

N ความเท่าเทียม เสมอภาค กัน  การ มี วาเลน ซี เท่ากัน 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EQUIVALENCE

n.[L. oequus, equal, and valens, from valeo, to be worth. ] 1. Equality of value; equal value or worth. Take the goods and give an equivalence in corn.
2. Equal power or force. [To equivalence, a verb, used by Brown, has not gained currency. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

EQUIVALENCE

E *quiv "a *lence, n. Etym: [Cf. F. équivalence, LL. aequivalentia.]

 

1. The condition of being equivalent or equal; equality of worth, value, signification, or force; as, an equivalence of definitions.

 

2. Equal power or force; equivalent amount.

 

3. (Chem. ) (a ) The quantity of the combining power of an atom, expressed in hydrogen units; the number of hydrogen atoms can combine with, or be exchanged for; valency. See Valence. (b ) The degree of combining power as determined by relative weight. See Equivalent, n., 2. [R.]

 

EQUIVALENCE

EQUIVALENCE E *quiv "a *lence, v. t.

 

Defn: To be equivalent or equal to; to counterbalance. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

equivalence

e quiv a lence |iˈkwivələns ɪˈkwɪvələns | noun the condition of being equal or equivalent in value, worth, function, etc.

 

equivalence class

e quiv a lence class |iˈkwivələns əˈkwɪvələns ˌklæs | noun Mathematics & Logic the class of all members of a set that are in a given equivalence relation.

 

equivalence principle

e quiv a lence prin ci ple noun Physics a basic postulate of general relativity, stating that at any point of space-time the effects of a gravitational field cannot be experimentally distinguished from those due to an accelerated frame of reference.

 

equivalence relation

e quiv a lence re la tion noun Mathematics & Logic a relation between elements of a set that is reflexive, symmetric, and transitive. It thus defines exclusive classes whose members bear the relation to each other and not to those in other classes (e.g., “having the same value of a measured property ”).

 

Oxford Dictionary

equivalence

equivalence |ɪˈkwɪv (ə )l (ə )ns | noun [ mass noun ] the condition of being equal or equivalent in value, worth, function, etc. DERIVATIVES equivalency noun

 

equivalence class

equiva |lence class noun Mathematics & Logic the class of all members of a set that are in a given equivalence relation.

 

equivalence principle

equiva |lence prin |ciple noun Physics a basic postulate of general relativity, stating that at any point of space time the effects of a gravitational field cannot be experimentally distinguished from those due to an accelerated frame of reference.

 

equivalence relation

equiva |lence re |la ¦tion noun Mathematics & Logic a relation between elements of a set which is reflexive, symmetric, and transitive and which defines exclusive classes whose members bear the relation to each other and not to those in other classes.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

equivalence

equivalence noun equivalence of birth and death rates in human populations is rare: equality, sameness, interchangeability, comparability, correspondence; uniformity, similarity, likeness, nearness.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

equivalence

equivalence noun equivalence of birth and death rates is rare in human populations: equality, equalness, sameness, identicalness, identity, interchangeability, indistinguishability, uniformity, agreement; similarity, likeness, resemblance, comparability, correspondence, commensurateness, parallelism, closeness, nearness, affinity; rare coequality.

 

French Dictionary

équivalence

équivalence n. f. nom féminin Égalité de valeur. : L ’équivalence de deux produits. Note Orthographique équival en ce.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

equivalence

e quiv a lence -len cy /ɪkwɪ́v (ə )ləns //-lənsi /名詞 U «…と » 同量, 同価値, 同意義, 同等な物 «of , to » .