Vocabulary : Equivalency to Equivocally

Equivalency : Same as Equivalence.
Equivalent : Equal in wortir or value, force, power, effect, import, and the like; alike in significance and value; of the same import or meaning. ;; Equal in measure but not admitting of superposition; -- applied to magnitudes; as, a square may be equivalent to a triangle. ;; Contemporaneous in origin; as, the equivalent strata of different countries. ;; Something equivalent; that which is equal in value, worth, weight, or force; as, to offer an equivalent for damage done. ;; That comparative quantity by weight of an element which possesses the same chemical value as other elements, as determined by actual experiment and reference to the same standard. Specifically: (a) The comparative proportions by which one element replaces another in any particular compound; thus, as zinc replaces hydrogen in hydrochloric acid, their equivalents are 32.5 and 1. (b) The combining proportion by weight of a substance, or the number expressing this proportion, in any particular compound; as, the equivalents of hydrogen and oxygen in wate
Equivalently : In an equal manner.
Equivalue : To put an equal value upon; to put (something) on a par with another thing.
Equivalve : Alt. of Equivalved
Equivalved : Having the valves equal in size and from, as in most bivalve shells.
Equivalvular : Same as Equivalve or Equivalved.
Equivocacy : Equivocalness.
Equivocal : (Literally, called equally one thing or the other; hence:) Having two significations equally applicable; capable of double interpretation; of doubtful meaning; ambiguous; uncertain; as, equivocal words; an equivocal sentence. ;; Capable of being ascribed to different motives, or of signifying opposite feelings, purposes, or characters; deserving to be suspected; as, his actions are equivocal. ;; Uncertain, as an indication or sign; doubtful. ;; A word or expression capable of different meanings; an ambiguous term; an equivoque.
Equivocally : In an equivocal manner.
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