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equivalent
/ɪˈkwɪv(ə)l(ə)nt/
adjective
1 Equal in value, amount, function, meaning, etc.
1.1 equivalent to Having the same or a similar effect as.
1.2 Mathematics Belonging to the same equivalence class.
Origin
Late
Middle English (describing persons who were equal in power or rank):
via Old French from late Latin aequivalent- ‘being of equal worth’, from
the verb aequivalere, from aequi- ‘equally’ + valere ‘be worth’.
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