inequality

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Etymology

From Middle English inequalite, from Old French inequalité, from Medieval Latin inaequālitās, from Latin inaequālis, from in- ("not") + aequālis ("equal").

Morphologically inequal + -ity and in- + equality.

Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: ĭnĭkwŏl'ĭtē, IPA: /ˌɪn.ɪˈkwɒl.ɪ.ti/
• (America) enPR: ĭn-ĭʹkwŏ-lĭ-tē IPA: /ˌɪn.ɪˈkwɑ.lɪ.ti/, [ˌɪn.ɪˈkwɑ.lɪ.ɾi]

Noun

inequality

1. An unfair, not equal, state.

   The inequality in living standards led to a civil war as the have nots rebelled.

2. (mathematics) A statement that of two quantities one is specifically less than (or greater than) another. Symbol: < or \leq or > or \geq or \ne, as appropriate.

   The inequality x is less than y, together with that y, allows us to deduce the inequality x.

Synonyms

• (statement in mathematics) inequation

Translations

• French: inégalité
• German: Ungleichheit
• Portuguese: desigualdade
• Russian: нера́венство
• Spanish: desigualdad

Translations

• French: inéquation
• German: Ungleichung
• Italian: disequazione disuguaglianza
• Portuguese: inequação, desigualdade
• Russian: нера́венство
• Spanish: inecuación

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