equivalent

[ UK /ɪkwˈɪvələnt/ ]
[ US /ɪˈkwɪvəɫənt/ ]

NOUN

a person or thing equal to another in value or measure or force or effect or significance etc
send two dollars or the equivalent in stamps
the atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element; the standard is 8 for oxygen

ADJECTIVE

being essentially equal to something
a wish that was equivalent to a command
it was as good as gold
his statement was tantamount to an admission of guilt

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A couple of coats of new antifouling paint may cost the equivalent of a couple tanks of gas, but you will keep saving money on fuel all season long.
Following that, you will need a level 3 (‘A’ level equivalent) in numeracy & literacy. and go on to achieve a level 4 teaching qualification. How To Get Into Teaching Literacy And Numeracy.? « Teaching Literacy « Literacy Help « Literacy News
The authors concluded that creativity and psychotic symptomatology do indeed reflect equivalent forms of cognitive processing.
Some concepts in Chinese medicine have no exact equivalent in Western medicine.
If we posit a voiceless spirant value for Uralic *x by this stage anyway, over in PFP the closest equivalent would be śexćim. Update of my "Diachrony of Pre-IE" document
Calculate the equivalent 35mm film focal length from the AOV AOV = arctan (28.62/72) * 2 Netvouz - new bookmarks
She's doing the equivalent job in the new company but for more money.
At that price an annual payment of ￡10 would be equivalent to a 20 percent rate of interest.
In other words, you're soon going to be paying me the equivalent of several place settings of Fiestaware. IN A STRANGE CITY
Gesenius considers this equivalent with "cohabit;" and from this single passage draws the sense which he assigns to [Hebrew: 'iyzebel] This seems rather far-fetched. Notes and Queries, Number 59, December 14, 1850

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