From: Paul Brannan <pbrannan@...>
Date: 2003-02-13T23:52:58+09:00
Subject: Re: Name for #=== based assertion

On Thu, Feb 13, 2003 at 08:45:36AM +0900, Hal E. Fulton wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Matt Armstrong" <matt@lickey.com>
> > From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
> > 
> >   Equivalent \E*quiv"a*lent\, v. t.
> >      To make the equivalent to; to equal; equivalence. [R.]
> 
> This entry *really* confuses me. A transitive verb????
> "A equivalents B." Never heard the like before. Is there
> an entry for the adjective?

From dict.org:

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Equivalent \E*quiv"a*lent\, a. [L. aequivalens, -entis, p. pr.
     of aequivalere to have equal power; aequus equal + valere to
     be strong, be worth: cf. F. ['e]quivalent. See {Equal}, and
     {Valiant}.]
     1. Equal in wortir or value, force, power, effect, import,
        and the like; alike in significance and value; of the same
        import or meaning.
  
              For now to serve and to minister, servile and
              ministerial, are terms equivalent.    --South.
  
     2. (Geom.) Equal in measure but not admitting of
        superposition; -- applied to magnitudes; as, a square may
        be equivalent to a triangle.

(there is also a noun and a verb, but I don't think either is what we're
looking for).

Paul