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equivalence relation
noun
, Mathematics.
- a relation that is reflexive, symmetrical, and transitive, as equality.
equivalence relation
noun
- logic maths a relation that is reflexive, symmetric, and transitive: it imposes a partition on its domain of definition so that two elements belong to the same subset if and only if the relation holds between them
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Word History and Origins
Origin of equivalence relation1
First recorded in 1945–50
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