in|e|qual|i|ty

in|e|qual|i|ty
in|e|qual|i|ty «IHN ih KWOL uh tee», noun, plural -ties.
1. lack of equality; being unequal in amount, size, value, or rank: »

There is a great inequality between the salaries of a bank president and an office boy.

SYNONYM(S): disparity.
2. lack of evenness, regularity, or uniformity. SYNONYM(S): unevenness, variableness.
3. an instance of this; an irregularity or variation: »

There are many inequalities in the surface of this old road.

4. lack of due proportion; uneven distribution.
5. a mathematical expression showing that two quantities are unequal. Example: a > b means a is greater than b; a b means a is less than b; a ≠ b means a and b are unequal.
6. Astronomy. a) any deviation from uniformity, such as in the motion of a planet or the rise of the tides. b) the amount of such a deviation.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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