inequality

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English

Alternative forms

• inæquality (archaic, rare)

Etymology

From Old French inégalité, from Medieval Latin inaequalitas, from inaequalis, "unequal," from in- "not" + aequalis "equal"

Noun

inequality (plural inequalities)

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 ≤ or > or ≥, as appropriate.

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

Synonyms

• (statement in mathematics): inequation

Hyponyms

• Cauchy-Schwarz inequality
• triangle inequality

Translations

unfair, not equal, state

Czech: nerovnost (cs) f. Danish: ulighed (da) c. Dutch: ongelijkheid (nl) f. Esperanto: malegaleco (eo) Finnish: epätasa-arvo (fi) French: inégalité (fr) f.

German: Ungleichheit (de) f. Greek: ανισότητα (el) f. Japanese: 不平等 (ja) (ふびょうどう (fubyoudou)) Romanian: inegalitate (ro) Spanish: desigualdad (es) f.

statement that one quantity is less (or greater) than another

Czech: nerovnice (cs) f. Danish: ulighed (da) c. Dutch: ongelijkheid (nl) Finnish: erisuuruus German: Ungleichung (de) f.

Greek: ανισότητα (el) f. Italian: disequazione (it) f. disuguaglianza (it) f. Polish: nierówność (pl) f. Spanish: inecuación (es) f. Swedish: olikhet (sv) c.