Equipollent

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: e=qui=pol=lent

CIDE DICTIONARY

Equipollent, a. [L. aequipollens; aequus equal + pollens, -entis, p. pr. of pollere to be strong, able: cf. F. équipollent.].

•  Having equal power or force; equivalent.  Bacon.  [1913 Webster]
•  Having equivalent signification and reach; expressing the same thing, but differently.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Equipollent, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 equal in power, force, etc.
2 practically equivalent.
--n. an equipollent thing.

Derivative

equipollence n. equipollency n.

Etymology

ME f. OF equipolent f. L aequipollens -entis of equal value (as EQUI-, pollere be strong)

ROGET THESAURUS

Equipollent

Equality

N equality, parity, coextension, symmetry, balance, poise, evenness, monotony, level, equivalence, equipollence, equipoise, equilibrium, equiponderance, par, quits, a wash, not a pin to choose, distinction without a difference, six of one and half a dozen of the other, tweedle dee and tweedle dum, identity, similarity, equalization, equation, equilibration, co-ordination, adjustment, readjustment, drawn game, drawn battle, neck and neck race, tie, draw, standoff, dead heat, match, peer, compeer, equal, mate, fellow, brother, equivalent, equal, even, level, monotonous, coequal, symmetrical, coordinate, on a par with, on a level with, on a footing with, up to the mark, equiparant, equivalent, tantamount, indistinguishable, quits, homologous, synonymous, resolvable into, convertible, much at one, as broad as long, neither more nor less, much the same as, the same thing as, as good as, all one, all the same, equipollent, equiponderant, equiponderous, equibalanced, equalized, drawn, half and half, isochronal, isochronous isoperimetric, isoperimetrical, isobath, isobathic, equally, pari passu, ad eundum, caeteris paribus, in equilibrio, to all intents and purposes, it comes to the same thing, it amounts to the same thing, what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gande.