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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Equivalence \E*quiv"a*lence\, verb (used with an object) To be equivalent or equal to; to counterbalance. [R.] --Sir T. Browne.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Equivalence \E*quiv"a*lence\ ([-e]*kw[i^]v"[.a]*lens), noun [Cf. F. ['e]quivalence, LL. aequivalentia.]
1. The condition of being equivalent or equal; equality of worth, value, signification, or force; as, an equivalence of definitions.
2. Equal power or force; equivalent amount.
3. (Chem.) (a) 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. See {Valence}. (b) The degree of combining power as determined by relative weight. See {Equivalent}, noun, 2. [R.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
equivalence
noun
1: a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced; "on a par with the best" [syn: {equality}, {equation}, {par}]
2: essential equality and interchangeability [ant: {nonequivalence}]
3: qualities that are comparable; "no comparison between the two books"; "beyond compare" [syn: {comparison}, {compare}, {comparability}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
97 Moby Thesaurus words for "equivalence": accord, accordance, affinity, agreement, analogousness, assent, balance, chorus, coequality, coextension, coherence, coincidence, commensurability, communion, community, comparability, comparableness, comparativeness, compatibility, concert, concord, concordance, conformance, conformation, conformity, congeniality, congruence, congruency, congruity, consistency, consonance, consort, cooperation, corelation, correlation, correlativism, correlativity, correspondence, equality, equation, equilibrium, equipoise, equipollence, equiponderance, equity, equivalency, evenness, harmony, homogeneity, homoousia, identity, indistinguishability, intersection, inverse proportion, inverse ratio, inverse relationship, justice, levelness, likeness, mutuality, no difference, oneness, overlap, par, parallelism, parity, peace, poise, proportion, proportionability, proportionality, rapport, ratio, reciprocality, reciprocation, reciprocity, relativity, sameness, self-consistency, self-identity, selfhood, selfness, selfsameness, similarity, symmetry, sync, synchronism, synonymity, synonymousness, synonymy, tally, timing, uniformity, union, unison, unisonance, unity
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