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 Equivalent \E*quiv"a*lent\ ([-e]*kw[i^]v"[.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 worth or value, force, power, effect, import, and
      the like; alike in significance and value; of the same
      import or meaning.
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            For now to serve and to minister, servile and
            ministerial, are terms equivalent.    --South.
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   2. (Geom.) Equal in measure but not admitting of
      superposition; -- applied to magnitudes; as, a square may
      be equivalent to a triangle.
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   3. (Geol.) Contemporaneous in origin; as, the equivalent
      strata of different countries.
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