Inequality

3 definitions found

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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  inequality
       n : lack of equality; "the growing inequality between rich and
           poor" [ant: {equality}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  135 Moby Thesaurus words for "inequality":
     antagonism, argumentation, asperity, bias, bumpiness,
     capriciousness, changeability, changeableness, choppiness,
     clashing, conflict, contradiction, contrariety, contrast,
     controversy, cragginess, dappleness, departure, deviation,
     difference, differentiation, disaccord, disaccordance,
     disagreement, disconformity, discongruity, discord, discordance,
     discordancy, discrepancy, discreteness, discrimination, disharmony,
     disorder, disparity, disproportion, dissension, dissent,
     dissidence, dissimilarity, dissonance, distinction, distinctness,
     disunion, disunity, divarication, divergence, divergency,
     diversification, diversity, faction, far cry, favoritism,
     granulation, harshness, heterogeneity, hispidity, imbalance,
     imparity, inaccordance, inclination, incompatibility, incongruence,
     incongruity, inconsistency, inconsonance, inconstancy, inequity,
     inharmoniousness, inharmony, injustice, instability, interest,
     involvement, irreconcilability, irregularity, jaggedness, jarring,
     jerkiness, joltiness, leaning, mercuriality, mixture, motleyness,
     mutability, negation, nepotism, nonconformism, nonconformity,
     nonstandardization, nonuniformity, odds, one-sidedness, opposition,
     oppugnancy, otherness, parti pris, partiality, partisanism,
     partisanship, pluralism, preference, preferential treatment,
     prejudice, raggedness, repugnance, rough air, roughness,
     ruggedness, rugosity, scraggliness, separateness, tooth,
     turbulence, unconformism, unconformity, undetachment,
     undispassionateness, unevenness, unfairness, unharmoniousness,
     unlikeness, unneutrality, unorthodoxy, unsmoothness, unsteadiness,
     ununiformity, variability, variance, variation, variegation,
     variety, variousness, versatility, wavering