equivalent

adj 1: equal in amount or value; "like amounts"; "equivalent

amounts"; "the same amount"; "gave one six blows and

the other a like number"; "an equal number"; "the same

number" [syn: {like}, {equal}, {same}] [ant: {unlike}]

2: essentially equal; "women are paid less than men doing

equivalent work"

n 1: 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"

2: 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 [syn: {equivalent weight}, {combining

weight}, {eq}]