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Word: Equivalent
Speech Type: Noun
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’
ɪˈkwɪvələnt
a person or thing that is equal to or corresponds with another in value, amount, function, meaning, etc.
Short Definition:equal or corresponding person or thing
Examples:- the French equivalent of the Bank of England
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, especially of elements.
Short Definition:mass of substance
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