equivalence

IPA: ɪkwˈɪvʌɫʌns

(uncountable) The condition of being equivalent or essentially equal.
(countable, mathematics) An equivalence relation; ≡; ~
(uncountable, logic) The relationship between two propositions that are either both true or both false.
(chemistry) The quantity of the combining power of an atom, expressed in hydrogen units; the number of hydrogen atoms can combine with, or be exchanged for; valency.
(mathematics) A Boolean operation that is TRUE when both input variables are TRUE or both input variables are FALSE, but otherwise FALSE; the XNOR function.
(geometry) A number in intersection theory. A positive-dimensional variety sometimes behaves formally as if it were a finite number of points; this number is its equivalence.
(translation studies) The degree to which a term or text in one language is semantically similar to its translated counterpart.

Examples of "equivalence" in Sentences

This false equivalence is our beef, not bias. jayackroyd
Another case of phony moral equivalence from the theleft.
To make that false equivalence is to parade your ignorance.
It was then, also, that he coined the term equivalence principle.
More patently phony moral equivalence from a true believer in the Religion of St. Karl.
The tripe about moral equivalence is just cover for ignorant wingnuts to argue that the US SHOULDNT do what is right.
The equivalence is that a priori, there is equivalence between the choice to have sex and the choice not to — both are intrinsically valid.
A false moral equivalence is a sub-type of false equivalence; things can be aesthetically obscene and not morally obscene; the last question hardly makes sense but insofar as it does the answer is yes.