Phrase Hound found 46 phrases and 12 compound words that contain equivalent. The most common are listed below. Open equivalent in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 46
- full-time equivalentThe result of a calculation to estimate the effective size of a workforce that may include part-time workers.
- equivalent weightThe atomic weight of an element or radical divided by its valence; the molecular weight of a compound divided by its combining power in a specific reaction.
- row-equivalentHaving row-equivalence
- water equivalentThe vertical depth of liquid water that would result if all the solid precipitation (such as snow or ice) in a given area were entirely melted.
- dose equivalentSynonym of equivalent dose: The radiation dose as adjusted by a factor for radiation type (for example, X-rays or gamma rays versus alpha rays). Like several other dose types, expressed by SI in sieverts (non-SI, in rems).
- equivalent doseThe radiation dose as adjusted by a factor for radiation type (for example, X-rays or gamma rays versus alpha rays). Like several other dose types, expressed by SI in sieverts (non-SI, in rems).
- gram equivalentThe amount of a substance, in grams, that is numerically equivalent to its equivalent weight.
- carbon dioxide-equivalentA unit of measure of global warming potential denoting the mass of carbon dioxide that would have the same global warming effect as that of a given mass of some other given gas.
- equivalent variationThe measure of how much money a consumer would pay before a price increase, to avoid the price increase.
- NP-equivalentBoth NP-easy and NP-hard.
- moisture equivalentA measure of field capacity for fine-textured soil materials, defined as the percentage of water which a soil can retain in opposition to a centrifugal force 1,000 times that of gravity.
- equivalent potential temperatureThe temperature a parcel of air at a specific temperature would have if raised from a specific pressure level to zero millibars, had all moisture condensed from it, and then lowered to 1000 millibars.
- snow water equivalentSynonym of water equivalent: The vertical depth of liquid water that would result if all the solid precipitation (such as snow or ice) in a given area were entirely melted.
- certainty equivalentThe guaranteed amount of money that an investor regards as equally desirable as a risky asset.
- TNT equivalentThe amount of energy released by an explosion expressed in terms of the amount of TNT (trinitrotoluene) needed to generate a similar explosion. Used especially to describe nuclear bombs.
- gasoline gallon equivalentThe amount of an alternative fuel needed to equal the energy content of one U.S. liquid gallon of gasoline.
- Turing equivalentCapable of computing precisely the same set of functions as a Turing machine can compute.
- electrochemical equivalentThe mass of a given chemical element transported by a specific quantity of electricity.
- equivalent shaft horsepowerIn a turboprop engine, the power measured in horse power equivalent to that delivered to a propeller shaft.
- Morita-equivalentExhibiting Morita equivalence.
- equivalent airspeedDynamic pressure expressed as airspeed; the airspeed at sea level in the International Standard Atmosphere at which an airplane would experience the same dynamic pressure as it does in its current flight conditions; calibrated airspeed …
- bio-equivalentAlternative form of bioequivalent: Describing the equivalence of multiple formulations of a drug in terms of bioavailability.
- non-union Mexican equivalentA poor-quality imitator or substitute.
- car equivalent unitA unit of cargo capacity, equivalent to the space taken by one standard automobile, used in the context of roll-on roll-off vessels.
- equivalent variationsplural of equivalent variation: The measure of how much money a consumer would pay before a price increase, to avoid the price increase.
Compound words 12
- cyberequivalentAn equivalent of something, in terms of computers.
- biequivalentBoth left equivalent and right equivalent; Having the property that there exists a pair of mappings M₁ (A->B) and M₂ (B->A) such that M₁M₂(A) is equivalent to applying the unity operator to A and M₂ M₁(B) is equivalent to applying the …
- equivalentistAny of a group of people who proposed a system of atomic weights based on combining equivalents
- microequivalentOne millionth of an equivalent.
- nanoequivalentOne thousand-millionth of a gram equivalent.
- osmoequivalentosmotically equivalent
- quasiequivalentVery similar, but different.
- macroequivalentA function, procedure, or feature that serves the exact same purpose as another, but is implemented as a macro rather than a standard function or method.
- bioequivalentDescribing the equivalence of multiple formulations of a drug in terms of bioavailability.
- milliequivalentOne thousandth of an equivalent