equiv.

Adjective

equivalent (comparative more equivalent, superlative most equivalent)

1. Similar or identical in value, meaning or effect; virtually equal.
   • To burn calories, a thirty-minute jog is equivalent to a couple of hamburgers.

   Synonyms:

   on a par, equipollent

2. Of two sets, having a one-to-one correspondence.
   • All enumerable sets are equivalent to each other, but not to any finite set.1950, E. Kamke, Theory of Sets, page 16

   Synonyms:

   equinumerous

3. Relating to the corresponding elements of an equivalence relation.
4. Of two categories, (informally) such that one is essentially a relabeling of the other; (formally) related by a pair of functors such the composition of the one with the other is naturally isomorphic to the identity functor.
5. Having the equal ability to combine.
6. Of a map, equal-area.

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