Toughts on a setup...

[LennyLen]

Hehe...

Someone (I won't name them, so see if you can guess. ;) ) sent me this via private mail -

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Title: Since you want to be finicky

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Equivalent:
adj. Equal in value; having the same meaning or result.
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It seems that (nameless) was a little careless however, and found a very incomplete definition. I thought I'd share some better ones with everyone:

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e·quiv·a·lent (adj.)

   a) Equal, as in value, force, or meaning.
   b) Having similar or identical effects.
 2. Being essentially equal, all things considered: a wish that was equivalent to a command.
 3. (Mathematics.)
   a) Capable of being put into a one-to-one relationship. Used of two sets.
   b) Having virtually identical or corresponding parts.
   c)Of or relating to corresponding elements under an equivalence relation.
 4. Chemistry. Having the same ability to combine.
 5. Logic. Having equivalence: equivalent propositions.


equivalent

\E*quiv"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.

For now to serve and to minister, servile and ministerial, are terms equivalent. --South.

2. (Geom.) Equal in measure but not admitting of superposition; -- applied to magnitudes; as, a square may be equivalent to a triangle.

Thought for the day: How many nits could a nit-picker pick, if a nit-picker could pick nits?