eragrostis tef
- n an African grass economically important as a cereal grass (yielding white flour of good quality) as well as for forage and hay
equivalence
- n a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced
- n essential equality and interchangeability
- n qualities that are comparable
equivalent-binary-digit factor
- n the average number of binary digits needed to express one radix digit in a numeration system that is not binary; on the average a number that can be expressed in N decimal digits takes 3.3N binary digits
equivalent weight
- n the atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element; the standard is 8 for oxygen
equivalent word
- n two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context
equivocalness
- n unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning
equivocation
- n a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
- n intentionally vague or ambiguous
- n falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language