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  • noun The condition of being inequivalent

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Examples

  • The decoherence is related to the unitary inequivalence of vacua.

    Science and Unobservable Things Sean 2008

  • It's important to note that there's also sometimes a kind of "false inequivalence" in the fight over climate science and policies - an implication that the lack of action on greenhouse gases is largely the result of the unfair advantage in money and influence held by industries dealing in, or dependent on, fossil fuels.

    NYT > Home Page By ANDREW C. REVKIN 2011

  • His reasoning is similar to the statement that an elephant is the same thing as a truck because they are equally large, while paying no attention to other possible sources of inequivalence between trucks and elephants.

    The Reference Frame 2010

  • "inequivalent" and the inequivalence of two generic theories can be shown almost instantly.

    The Reference Frame 2010

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