Complete Definition of "inequality"

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Etymology
from OF. inégalité, from ML. inæqualitas, from inæqualis, "unequal," from in- "not" & æqualis "equal"

Noun
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  1. An unfair, not equal, state.

#:The inequality in living standards lead to a civil war as the have nots rebelled.

  1. mathematics A statement that of two quantities one is specifically less than (or greater than) another.

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

  1. context|mathematics|more|_|generally A statement that of two quantities one is specifically less than (or greater than, or not less than, or not greater than) another.

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trans-top|An unfair, not equal, state
Finnish: epätasa-arvo
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trans-top|A statement that one quantity is less (or greater) than another
Finnish: erisuuruus
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trans-top|A statement that one quantity is less (or greater, or not less, or not greater) than another
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ttbc|French: inégalité
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ttbc|German: Ungleichheit

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