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equipollence

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e⋅qui⋅pol⋅lent

  [ee-kwuh-pol-uhnt, ek-wuh-]
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–adjective
1. equal in power, effect, etc.; equivalent.
2. Logic. (of propositions, propositional forms, etc.) logically equivalent in any of various specified ways.
–noun
3. an equivalent.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < L aequipollent- (s. of aequipollēns) of equal value, equiv. to aequi- equi- + pollent- (s. of pollēns) able, prp. of pollēre to be strong

Related forms:
e⋅qui⋅pol⋅lence, e⋅qui⋅pol⋅len⋅cy, noun
e⋅qui⋅pol⋅lent⋅ly, adverb
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e·qui·pol·lent   (ē'kwə-pŏl'ənt, ěk'wə-)   
adj.  

  1. Equal in force, power, effectiveness, or significance.

  2. Logic Validly derived from each other; deducible.

  3. Equivalent.

n.  An equivalent.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin aequipollēns, aequipollent- : aequi-, equi- + pollēns, present participle of pollēre, to be powerful.]
e'qui·pol'lence n., e'qui·pol'lent·ly adv.
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