1. Processes that produce the same or substantially similar results or outcomes, often used in legal, technical, or scientific contexts to indicate procedures that are functionally interchangeable.
Both manufacturing methods are considered equivalent processes for producing the final product.
Ambos os métodos de fabricação são considerados processos equivalentes para produzir o produto final.
2. In law and regulation, procedures that achieve the same legal or regulatory effect despite differences in their specific steps or methodology.
The regulatory body accepted the two approval processes as equivalent processes.
A autoridade reguladora aceitou os dois processos de aprovação como processos equivalentes.
3. In mathematics and computing, algorithms or procedures that yield identical results through different computational methods.
These two algorithms represent equivalent processes for solving the equation.
Esses dois algoritmos representam processos equivalentes para resolver a equação.