noun
- Things that are equal in power, force, or effect; statements or propositions that have the same logical meaning or truth value.
Usage: formal; logic and philosophy
Examples
- In logic, 'not both A and B' and 'either not A or not B' are equipollents.
- The two mathematical expressions are equipollents despite their different forms.
- Philosophers debate whether these two ethical principles are true equipollents.
- The court ruled that the two contractual clauses were equipollents in their legal effect.
- In formal reasoning, equipollents allow us to substitute one statement for another without changing the truth value.