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e·quiv·a·lent
/ iˈkwivələnt/
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adj.
equal in value, amount, function, meaning, etc.:
one unit is equivalent to one glass of wine.
∎ (equivalent to)
having the same or a similar effect as:
some regulations are equivalent to censorship.
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Math.
belonging to the same equivalence class.
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n.
a person or thing that is equal to or corresponds with another in value, amount, function, meaning, etc.:
the French equivalent of the FBI.
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(also equivalent weight) Chem.
the mass of a particular substance that can combine with or displace one gram of hydrogen or eight grams of oxygen, used in expressing combining powers, esp. of elements.
DERIVATIVES:
e·quiv·a·lence
n.
e·quiv·a·lent·ly
adv.
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 "Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)")
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Look how many pounds we've lost!; COUPLE CELEBRATE LOSING THE EQUIVALENT WEIGHT OF TWO GRANDCHILDREN.(News)
Newspaper article from: Coventry Evening Telegraph (England); 8/28/2001; 571 words
; ...over the moon after losing the equivalent weight of their two grandchildren...four stone eight pounds, the equivalent weight of her grandson Jack...three stone three pounds, the equivalent weight of his grand- daughter...
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Patent No. 7,615,307 Issued on Nov. 10, Assigned to Gore Enterprise Holdings for Low Equivalent Weight Ionomer (U.S., Chinese Inventors)
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 11/11/2009; 462 words
; ...China, have developed a low equivalent weight ionomer. The inventors were...that the ionomer has (1) low equivalent weight (below 950, preferably...is an ionomer having (1) low equivalent weight (below 950, preferably...
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Patent No. 7,579,102 Issued on Aug. 25, Assigned to Gore Enterprise Holdings for Low Equivalent Weight Ionomer (U.S., Chinese Inventors)
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 8/29/2009; 390 words
; ...Kang Chen of Shanghai, China, have developed a low equivalent weight ionomer. The inventors were issued U.S. Patent...and specifically to fluorinated ionomers of low equivalent weight that have relatively low hydration that can be processed...
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About 600 million UK household batteries (22,000 tonnes)--the equivalent weight of 110 jumbo jets--are sent to landfill unnecessarily every year.(focus on ... Soundbites)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: Grocer; 9/1/2007; 491 words
; About 600 million UK household batteries (22,000 tonnes)--the equivalent weight of 110 jumbo jets--are sent to landfill unnecessarily every year. Nine out of 10 people would recycle batteries if there was...
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Community wardens 'dedicated' to making area better ; Community wardens have removed the equivalent weight of five school buses in dumped waste from the alleyways of North East Lincolnshire this year.
Newspaper article from: Grimsby Telegraph; 1/2/2009; ; 692 words
; Community wardens have removed the equivalent weight of five school buses in dumped waste from the alleyways of North East Lincolnshire this year. In figures revealed to the Grimsby...
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 "Sentinel, The (Stoke-on-Trent UK)")
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Mum shed the pounds without going hungry ; After eating for two when expecting her second child, Helen Jones was alarmed to discover that she'd piled on the equivalent of her two-year-old first child's body weight. Here she tells Alan Cookman how she shed the unwanted pounds more painlessly than she dreamed possible
Newspaper article from: Sentinel, The (Stoke-on-Trent UK); 6/23/2009; 700+ words
; ...that she'd piled on the equivalent of her two-year-old first child's body weight. Here she tells Alan Cookman...to visualise her excess weight. Instead she just gathered...needed to lose the exact equivalent of Oliver's weight - and...
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Lockheed Martin X-35 JSF Successfully Completes Structural Loads Testing; Wings Bear Weight Equivalent to 50 Automobiles.
PR Newswire; 6/23/2000; 700+ words
; ...design limit load -- minus 3 gs and plus 8 gs. This means the wings were stressed to carry about 180,000 pounds, or the weight of 50 mid-size automobiles. Test conditions also included wing torsional testing that represents aircraft rolling maneuvers...
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 "Irish Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland)")
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A welcome change in the weight structure is designed to attract some of the leading jumpers to challenge for the Powers Irish Grand National honours despite its proximity to this weekend's English equivalent.
Newspaper article from: Irish Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland); 3/31/2009; 700+ words
; ...hopefuls A welcome change in the weight structure is designed to attract...to this weekend's English equivalent. For the first time, top weight of 11-12 rather than 12 stone...others just 1lb off bottom weight (9-10). Last year's...
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 "Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)")
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Weight loss equivalent to rugby star.(News)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 6/25/2002; 305 words
; JIM MATTHEWS lost the equivalent of a Welsh rugby international in just 14 months. Welsh rugby star Robin McBryde stands at 6ft and weighs 15st 7lb. McBryde once...
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Healthy helpings Understanding serving portions with everyday equivalents will help you maintain ideal weight
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 10/8/2004; ; 603 words
; ...of the top skills needed in weight loss? What's one of the...say helps them maintain their weight loss? Portion control. Many...part of the solution to losing weight. By monitoring the serving...regular hamburger is usually equivalent to one serving of meat and...
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equivalent weight
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...compounds, so its equivalent weight is...more than one equivalent weight. Iron...from their equivalent weights. For example...water; the weight proportion...equivalent weights, 7.9997...there is 1 weight of hydrogen...hydrogen (by weight). Iron ...
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equivalent
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
...similar effect as: some regulations are equivalent to censorship. ∎ ...function, meaning, etc.: the French equivalent of the FBI. ∎ (also equivalent weight ) Chem. the mass of a particular substance...
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milli-equivalent
Book article from: A Dictionary of Plant Sciences
milli-equivalent One-thousandth of an equivalent weight.
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combining weight
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...in part on his determinations of combining weights, which he called atomic weights. Combining weights were usually measured by early chemists on a scale in which hydrogen had a combining weight of 1. See equivalent weight .
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molecular weight
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...temperature and pressure is equivalent to a direct comparison of the weights of molecules of the gases. The molecular weights of substances that are not...molecules, the molecular weight so determined will be erroneous. Highly accurate molecular weights are sometimes determined by...
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