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Equalization vs Equivalence - What's the difference?

equalization | equivalence |

As nouns the difference between equalization and equivalence

is that equalization is the act of equalizing, or state of being equalized while equivalence is equivalence.

equalization

English

Alternative forms

* equalisation UK only

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of equalizing, or state of being equalized.
  • (underwater diving) Maneuvers to balance the pressure in the middle ear with the outside pressure by letting air enter along the Eustachian tubes.
  • equivalence

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (uncountable) The condition of being equivalent or essentially equal.
  • (countable, mathematics) An equivalence relation;
  • (uncountable, logic) The relationship between two propositions that are either both true or both false.
  • (chemistry) The quantity of the combining power of an atom, expressed in hydrogen units; the number of hydrogen atoms can combine with, or be exchanged for; valency.
  • a Boolean operation that is TRUE when both input variables are TRUE but otherwise FALSE; the XNOR function.
  • A number in intersection theory. A positive-dimensional variety sometimes behaves formally as if it were a finite number of points; this number is its equivalence.
  • Verb

    (equivalenc)
  • To be equivalent or equal to; to counterbalance.
  • (Sir Thomas Browne)