1525-35; < Medieval Latinaequivalentia. See equivalent, -ency
Related forms
nonequivalency, noun
Examples from the web for equivalency
Phony, sleight of hand false equivalency right there.
It offers a false and pernicious equivalency, as if race were no more than incidental to the struggle.
In the education building, inmates studied for their high-school equivalency examinations and college degrees.
His first order of business was to get his high school equivalency diploma.
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British Dictionary definitions for equivalency
equivalence
/ɪˈkwɪvələns/
noun
1.
the state of being equivalent or interchangeable
2.
(maths, logic)
the relationship between two statements, each of which implies the other
Also called biconditional. the binary truth-function that takes the value true when both component sentences are true or when both are false, corresponding to English if and only if. Symbol: ≡ or ↔, as in –(p ∧ q) ≡ –p ∨ –q
equivalency
/ˌɛkwɪˈveɪlənsɪ/
noun
1.
(chem) the state of having equal valencies
Derived Forms
equivalent, adjective
Encyclopedia Article for equivalency
in classical prosody, the principle that one long syllable is equal to two short ones. The principle is used as the basis for substitution in quantitative verse.
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