Equivalence Explained

Equivalence or Equivalent may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

• Album-equivalent unit, a measurement unit in the music industry
• Equivalence class (music)
• Equivalent VIII, or The Bricks, a minimalist sculpture by Carl Andre
• Equivalents, a series of photographs of clouds by Alfred Stieglitz

Language

• Dynamic and formal equivalence in translation
• Equivalence (formal languages)

Law

• The doctrine of equivalents in patent law
• The equivalence principle as if impacts on the direct effect of European Union law

Logic

• Logical equivalence, where two statements are logically equivalent if they have the same logical content
• Material equivalence, a relationship where the truth of either one of the connected statements requires the truth of the other

Science and technology

Chemistry

• Equivalent (chemistry)
• Equivalence point
• Equivalent weight

Computing

• Turing equivalence (theory of computation), or Turing completeness
• Semantic equivalence in computer metadata

Economics

• Certainty equivalent, a principle related to risk premium
• Economic equivalence, a concept in engineering economics
• Ricardian equivalence, or Ricardo–de Viti–Barro equivalence, a proposition in economics

Mathematics

• Equality (mathematics)
• Equivalence relation
  • Equivalence class
• Equivalence of categories, in category theory
• Equivalent infinitesimal
• Identity
• Matrix equivalence in linear algebra
• Turing equivalence (recursion theory)
• Elementary equivalence, in mathematical logic

Physics

• Equivalence principle in the theory of general relativity

Other uses

• Equivalence (trade)
• Moral equivalence, a term used in political debate
• The Equivalent, a sum paid from England to Scotland at their Union in 1707

See also

• • • • • ≡ (disambiguation)
• Equivalency, a National Collegiate Athletic Association concept