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equivalent

n., adj. equal in value, force or meaning.

equivalent

adjective alike, as good as, balancing, coequal, comparable, compensatory, equal, equal in effect, equal in force, equal in power, equal in significance, equal in value, equalized, equipollent, even, identical, identical in size, identical in value, interchangeable, like, of equal force, of equal value, of equal weight, on a par with, parallel, pro re valere, reciprocal, same, similar, substitutable, tantamount, without difference
Associated concepts: equivalent acts, fair equivalent, subbtantially equivalent

EQUIVALENT. Of the same value. Sometimes a condition must be literally accomplished in forma specifica; but some may be fulfilled by an equivalent, per oequi polens, when such appears to be the intention of the parties; as, I promise to pay you one hundred dollars, and then die, my executor may fulfill my engagement; for it is equivalent to you whether the money be paid to you b me or by him. Roll. Ab. 451; 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 760.

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The resin manufacturing process to produce Ingeo([TM]) bioplastic emits 38 percent less CO2 and consumes 45 percent less energy than the resin manufacturing process for an equivalent weight low-density polyethylene.

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Since the placing by the Russian government with this country for the order of nine million pairs of army boots, the British Royal Army clothing department, the tanners, leather merchants or shoemakers, having bends (soie leathers) of 10lb and upwards, and butts of equivalent weight, and medium and heavy shoulders, must furnish the Director of Army Contracts with particulars of their stocks.

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This year's target is to clear more than last year's massive haul of 30 tonnes of litter - the equivalent weight of two double decker buses.

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Although slightly smaller than the existing 308 the car is significantly lighter - some 140 kilos less, the equivalent weight of two adults - which helps its eco credentials.

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Staff have served up 57,800 cups of tea to 214,000 visitors, baked 15,000 loaves of bread and made 8,000 pies, while the dairy department has churned more than six tonnes of the best-selling Bodnant Aberwen cheese - the equivalent weight of a large African elephant.

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It is the equivalent weight of 107 double decker buses and once fully built will be a new landmark on Tyneside, towering alongside the port's ten other cranes.