# cf.CellMethods.equivalent

`CellMethods.``equivalent`(other, rtol=None, atol=None, traceback=False)

  True if two cell methods are equivalent, False otherwise.

  The `axes` attributes are ignored in the comparison.

  Parameters: | other : The object to compare for equality. atol : float, optional The absolute tolerance for all numerical comparisons, By default the value returned by the `ATOL` function is used. rtol : float, optional The relative tolerance for all numerical comparisons, By default the value returned by the `RTOL` function is used.
  Returns: | out : bool Whether or not the two instances are equivalent.
  Examples: |