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Equation vs Equivalence - What's the difference?

equation | equivalence |

As nouns the difference between equation and equivalence

is that equation is equation (assertion) while equivalence is equivalence.

equation

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (senseid)(mathematics) An assertion that two expressions are equal, expressed by writing the two expressions separated by an equal sign; from which one is to determine a particular quantity.
  • (astronomy) A small correction to observed values to remove the effects of systematic errors in an observation.
  • Derived terms

    (Derived terms) * algebraic equation * Arrhenius equation * chemical equation * differential equation * Diophantine equation * Drake equation * integral equation * Kepler's equation * Lagrange's equations * linear equation * Navier-Stokes equation * parametric equation * partial differential equation * Pell's equation * personal equation * polynomial equation * quadratic equation * * Van der Waals equation * wave equation

    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)