"equivalence class" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: equivalence classes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} equivalence class (plural equivalence classes)
  1. (set theory) Any one of the subsets into which an equivalence relation partitions a set, each of these subsets containing all the elements of the set that are equivalent under the equivalence relation. Wikipedia link: equivalence class Categories (topical): Set theory Hyponyms: congruence class Translations (Any one of the subsets into which an equivalence relation partition is set): třída ekvivalence [feminine] (Czech), ekvivalenssiluokka (Finnish), Äquivalenzklasse [feminine] (German), ekvivalenciaosztály (Hungarian), jafngildisflokkur [masculine] (Icelandic), 同値類 (dōchi-rui) (Japanese), klasa ekvivalencije [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), ekvivalensklass (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-equivalence_class-en-noun-5RKN45Pq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Japanese terms with redundant script codes Topics: mathematics, sciences, set-theory

Inflected forms

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