Defn: To be equivalent or equal to; to counterbalance. [R.] Sir T.
Browne.
EQUIVALENCY
E*quiv"a*len*cy, n.
Defn: Same as Equivalence.
EQUIVALENT E*quiv"a*lent, a. Etym: [L. aequivalens, -entis, p. pr. of aequivalere to have equal power; aequus equal + valere to be strong, be worth: cf. F. équivalent. See Equal, and Valiant.]
1. Equal in wortir or value, force, power, effect, import, and the like; alike in significance and value; of the same import or meaning. For now to serve and to minister, servile and ministerial, are terms equivalent. South.
2. (Geom.)
Defn: Equal in measure but not admitting of superposition; — applied to magnitudes; as, a square may be equivalent to a triangle.
3. (Geol.)
Defn: Contemporaneous in origin; as, the equivalent strata of different countries.
EQUIVALENT
E*quiv"a*lent, n.