equipollent
Americanadjective
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equal in power, effect, etc.; equivalent.
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Logic. (of propositions, propositional forms, etc.) logically equivalent in any of various specified ways.
noun
adjective
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equal or equivalent in significance, power, or effect
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logic (of two propositions) logically deducible from each other; equivalent
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maths logic (of two classes) having the same cardinality
noun
Other Word Forms
- equipollence noun
- equipollency noun
- equipollently adverb
Etymology
Origin of equipollent
1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin aequipollent- (stem of aequipollēns ) of equal value, equivalent to aequi- equi- + pollent- (stem of pollēns ) able, present participle of pollēre to be strong
Example Sentences
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At first, ‘spirit and matter,’ ‘soul and body,’ stood for a pair of equipollent substances quite on a par in weight and interest.
From Essays in Radical Empiricism by James, William
What appealed only too powerfully to Chinese superstition was the use of spells, charms and magical formulæ and the doctrine that since the universe is merely idea, thoughts and facts are equipollent.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 by Eliot, Charles, Sir
But, since is and exists are equipollent, and so being and existing, is being is the same as the unimpeachable is existing.
From The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. by Osmun, Thomas Embly
Only superstition is now so well advanced, that men of the first blood, are as firm as butchers by occupation; and votary resolution, is made equipollent to custom, even in matter of blood.
From The Essays of Francis Bacon by Bacon, Francis
Nor is aught of an equipollent conflict seen, nor the weaker's flashed device; Headless is offered a breast to beaks deliberate, formal, assured, precise.
From Poems — Volume 3 by Meredith, George
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