See Also: equipollent(medicine)
equipollent(dictionary)

equipollent (iou)



equipollent adjective & noun. LME.
[Old French equipolent (mod. equipollent) from Latin aequipollent- of equal value, formed as EQUI- + pollere be strong.]
A. adjective.
Possessing equal power, authority, effectiveness, validity, etc. LME.
W. S. Landor A maritime power..equipollent on the sea with France.
Identical in meaning or result; equivalent. L16.
b. Logic. Of a proposition etc.: expressing the same thing as another, but in a different way. M17.
b. noun. Something that has equal power, effect, significance, etc.; an equivalent. E17.
equipollently adverb M17.