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1.
equal in amount or value
equivalent amounts
2.
being essentially equal to something
a wish that was equivalent to a command
'equivalent' - used as a noun
3.
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
4.
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
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