Equivalence-relation
noun, Mathematics.
1.
a relation that is reflexive, symmetrical, and transitive, as equality.
noun
1.
(logic, maths) 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
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