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Equivalence   /ɪkwˈɪvələns/   Listen
Equivalence

noun
1.
A state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced.  Synonyms: equality, equation, par.
2.
Essential equality and interchangeability.
3.
Qualities that are comparable.  Synonyms: comparability, compare, comparison.  "Beyond compare"



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"Equivalence" Quotes from Famous Books



... speech itself, is that each element (letter or written word) in the system corresponds to a specific element (sound or sound-group or spoken word) in the primary system. Written language is thus a point-to-point equivalence, to borrow a mathematical phrase, to its spoken counterpart. The written forms are secondary symbols of the spoken ones—symbols of symbols—yet so close is the correspondence that they may, not only in theory but in the actual practice ...
— Language - An Introduction to the Study of Speech • Edward Sapir


Words linked to "Equivalence" :   egalite, position, nonequivalence, equivalent, tie, status, similitude, parity, egality, comparison, alikeness, likeness


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