equipollent

American  

[ee-kwuh-pol-uhnt, ek-wuh-] / ˌi kwəˈpɒl ənt, ˌɛk wə- /

adjective

1. equal in power, effect, etc.; equivalent.

2. Logic. (of propositions, propositional forms, etc.) logically equivalent in any of various specified ways.

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noun

1. an equivalent.

equipollent British  

/ ˌiːkwɪˈpɒlənt /

adjective

1. equal or equivalent in significance, power, or effect

2. logic (of two propositions) logically deducible from each other; equivalent

3. maths logic (of two classes) having the same cardinality

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noun

1. something that is equipollent

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

And then said a Clerk to me, "Is not the Word of GOD, and GOD Himself equipollent, that is, of one authority?"

From Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse by Various

Hill's eloquence exceeded his judgment; Stephens' judgment was superior to his oratorical power; in Toombs these were equipollent.

From Robert Toombs Statesman, Speaker, Soldier, Sage by Stovall, Pleasant A.

The condition and the major term are "equipollent" in their extension.

From The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy by Acharya, Madhava

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

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

Related Words

• commensurate
• equal
• proportionate
• tantamount