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Sameness of signification of two or more propositions which differ in language.

Having equivalent signification and reach; expressing the same thing, but differently.

Being of the same weight. A column of air . . . equiponderant to a column of quicksilver. Locke.

Having the same potential. Equipotential surface, a surface for which the potential is for all points of the surface constant. Level surfaces on the earth are equipotential.

Having wheels of the same size or diameter; having equal rotation. [R.]

Of the same or like sound.

sion; an equitable distribution of an estate; equitable men. No two . . . had exactly the same notion of what was equitable. Macaulay.

Same as Equivalence.

alue, 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.

Same as Equivalve or Equivalved.

before, shortly. Shak. -- Ere now, formerly, heretofore. Shak. -- Ere that, and Or are. Same as Ere. Shak.

The side of the ditch next the parapet; -- same as scarp, and opposed to counterscarp.

he lord, the crown, or the State, as lands by the failure of persons entitled to hold the same, or by forfeiture.

Same as Æsculapius.

Same as Æsopian, Æsopic.

Distinguished among others of the same class or kind; special; concerning a species or a single object; principal; particular; as, in an especial manner or degree.

Same as Eskimo. It is . . . an error to suppose that where an Esquimau can live, a civilized man can live also. McClintock.

Same as Æsthesiometer.

Same as Æsthete, Æsthetic, Æsthetical, Æsthetics, etc.

Same as Æstival, Æstivate, etc.