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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Equivalence

E-quiv'a-lence or E-quiv'a-len-cy, n.

noun

n. [Fr. équivalence, Sp. equivalencia, It. equivalenza, L. Lat. æquivalentia, from Lat. æquivalens.]

  1. The condition of being equivalent or equal; equality of value, signification, or force; as, to give an equivalence of money for goods.
  2. Equal power or force.

E-quiv'a-lence, v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. EQUIVALENCED (e-kwiv'a-lenst); p. pr. & vb. n. EQUIVALENCING.] To be equal to. [Obs.] Brown.