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synonymous

(sĭ-nŏn′ə-məs)
adj.
Having the character of a synonym: synonymous words; synonymous species.

syn·on′y·mous·ly adv.
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She described the establishment of the PA role in the late 1960s in the United States and spoke of them synonymously with nurse practitioners (NPs).
Within the literature, ethics and morality are commonly used synonymously.
The difference between modelling and simulation is arguable as these terms are often used synonymously. According to the authors, modelling is an act of building a model while simulation is an act or even a process of using that model for a specific purpose or study.
Analyzing bank efficiency in a multi-dimensional space using different measures by considering different variables presents problems of classifying banks synonymously. To obtain synonymous classification we apply the majority vote rule with synonymous classification in the majority of the banks as presented in the results in Table 4 and for all banks in Table 5.
In the nineteenth century, those terms were used synonymously. But twentieth century feminism became highly critical of femininity, which it came to understand as defined by gender norms for women in patriarchy.
Sight alignment is often used synonymously with sight picture, and although both are components of the aiming process, they are not one in the same.
As they build with clay, they synonymously build new relationships and new perceptions.
Since narrowing or obstruction of the coronary arterial system is the most common cause of myocardial anoxia, the alternate term 'Coronary Artery Disease (CAD)' is used synonymously with IHD.
"Tabata training," a term that is often used synonymously with HIIT, was first described by the Japanese scientist Izumi Tabata in 1996.