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in⋅e⋅qual⋅i⋅ty
[in-i-kwol-i-tee] 
ɪˈkwɒl
–noun, plural -ties.
| 1. | the condition of being unequal; lack of equality; disparity: inequality of size. |
| 2. | social disparity: inequality between the rich and the poor. |
| 3. | disparity or relative inadequacy in natural endowments: a startling inequality of intellect, talents, and physical stamina. |
| 4. | injustice; partiality. |
| 5. | unevenness, as of surface. |
| 6. | an instance of unevenness. |
| 7. | variableness, as of climate. |
| 8. | Astronomy.
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| 9. | Mathematics. a statement that two quantities are unequal, indicated by the symbol ≠; alternatively, by the symbol <, signifying that the quantity preceding the symbol is less than that following, or by the symbol >, signifying that the quantity preceding the symbol is greater than that following. |
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Inequality
In`e*qual"i*ty\, n.; pl. Inequalities. [L. inaequalitas.]1. The quality of being unequal; difference, or want of equality, in any respect; lack of uniformity; disproportion; unevenness; disparity; diversity; as, an inequality in size, stature, numbers, power, distances, motions, rank, property, etc. There is so great an inequality in the length of our legs and arms as makes it impossible for us to walk on all four. --Ray. Notwithstanding which inequality of number, it was resolved in a council of war to fight the Dutch fleet. --Ludlow. Sympathy is rarely strong where there is a great inequality of condition. --Macaulay. 2. Unevenness; want of levelness; the alternate rising and falling of a surface; as, the inequalities of the surface of the earth, or of a marble slab, etc. The country is cut into so many hills and inequalities as renders it defensible. --Addison. 3. Variableness; changeableness; inconstancy; lack of smoothness or equability; deviation; unsteadiness, as of the weather, feelings, etc. Inequality of air is ever an enemy to health. --Bacon. 4. Disproportion to any office or purpose; inadequacy; competency; as, the inequality of terrestrial things to the wants of a rational soul. --South. 5. (Alg.) An expression consisting of two unequal quantities, with the sign of inequality (.gt. or .lt.) between them; as, the inequality 2 .lt. 3, or 4 .gt. 1. 6. (Astron.) An irregularity, or a deviation, in the motion of a planet or satellite from its uniform mean motion; the amount of such deviation.
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Language Translation for : inequality
Spanish:
desigualdad,
German:
die Ungleichheit,
Japanese:
不平等
inequality
1484, "difference of rank or dignity," from O.Fr. inequalité (14c.), from M.L. inæqualitas, from inæqualis "unequal," from in- "not" + æqualis "equal" (see equal).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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