n.
Pronunciation: i- ' kwiv-l ə n(t)s, - ' kwi-v ə -
Function: noun
Date: circa 1541
1 a : the state or property of being equivalent b : the relation holding between two statements if they are either both true or both false so that to affirm one and to deny the other would result in a contradiction
2 : a presentation of terms as equivalent
3 : equality in metrical value of a regular foot and one in which there are substitutions