ALL meanings of equivalence relation
- noun Technical meaning of equivalence relation (mathematics) A relation R on a set including elements a, b, c, which is reflexive (a R a), symmetric (a R b => b R a) and transitive (a R b R c => a R c). An equivalence relation defines an equivalence class. See also partial equivalence relation. 1
- noun equivalence relation a relation that is reflexive, symmetric, and transitive: it imposes a partition on its domain of definition so that two elements belong to the same subset if and only if the relation holds between them 0
- noun equivalence relation (set theory) A binary relation that is reflexive, symmetric and transitive. 0