equivalent

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Anything that is virtually equal to something else, or has the same value, force, etc.
    — He owned that, if the Test Act were repealed, the Protestants were entitled to an equivalent, and went so far as to suggest several equivalents.
  2. An equivalent weight.
动词 v.
  1. To make equivalent to; to equal. transitive
形容词 adj.
  1. Similar or identical in value, meaning or effect; virtually equal.
    — To burn calories, a thirty-minute jog is equivalent to a couple of hamburgers.
  2. Of two sets, having a one-to-one correspondence.
    — All enumerable sets are equivalent to each other, but not to any finite set.
  3. Relating to the corresponding elements of an equivalence relation.
  4. Of two categories, (informally) such that one is essentially a relabeling of the other; (formally) related by a pair of functors such the composition of the one with the other is naturally isomorphic to the identity functor.
  5. Having the equal ability to combine.
  6. Of a map, equal-area.
  7. Equal in measure but not admitting of superposition; applied to magnitudes.
    — A square may be equivalent to a triangle.

词形变化

more equivalent comparative most equivalent superlative æquivalent alternative,obsolete eq. alternative,abbreviation equivalents plural æquivalent alternative,obsolete eq. alternative,abbreviation equivalents present,singular,third-person equivalenting participle,present equivalented participle,past equivalented past æquivalent alternative,obsolete eq. alternative,abbreviation

词源

词源 1
From Latin aequivalentem, accusative singular of aequivalēns, present active participle of aequivaleō (“to be equivalent, have equal power”). By surface analysis, equi- + -valent.
Mostly displaced native Middle English efenmete (See evenmete).
词源 2
From Latin aequivalentem, accusative singular of aequivalēns, present active participle of aequivaleō (“to be equivalent, have equal power”). By surface analysis, equi- + -valent.
Mostly displaced native Middle English efenmete (See evenmete).
词源 3
From Latin aequivalentem, accusative singular of aequivalēns, present active participle of aequivaleō (“to be equivalent, have equal power”). By surface analysis, equi- + -valent.
Mostly displaced native Middle English efenmete (See evenmete).
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