Inequalities

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Inequality \In`e*qual"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Inequalities}. [L.
     inaequalitas.]
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     1. The quality of being unequal; difference, or lack 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.
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              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.
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              Notwithstanding which inequality of number, it was
              resolved in a council of war to fight the Dutch
              fleet.                                --Ludlow.
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              Sympathy is rarely strong where there is a great
              inequality of condition.              --Macaulay.
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     2. Unevenness; lack 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.
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              The country is cut into so many hills and
              inequalities as renders it defensible. --Addison.
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     3. Variableness; changeableness; inconstancy; lack of
        smoothness or equability; deviation; unsteadiness, as of
        the weather, feelings, etc.
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              Inequality of air is ever an enemy to health.
                                                    --Bacon.
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     4. Disproportion to any office or purpose; inadequacy;
        competency; as, the inequality of terrestrial things to
        the wants of a rational soul. --South.
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     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.
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     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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