“+ noun
Etymology: Middle French inequalité, from Latin inaequalitat-, inaequalitas, from inaequalis + -itat-, -itas -ity
1. : the quality of being unequal or uneven : lack of equality: as
a. : unevenness
hampered by the inequality of the ground
b. : social disparity
combination of democracy with inequality — H.S.Commager
c. : disparity of distribution
inequality of income
or opportunity
educational inequality
d. : variableness , changeableness
inequality of temperament
inequality of the climate
2. : an instance of being unequal (as in position, proportion, evenness, regularity)
inequalities of a surface
3. : an irregularity or a deviation in the motion of a planet or satellite ; also : the amount of such deviation
4. : a statement of inequality between two quantities usually with a sign of inequality (as or ≠ signifying respectively is less than, is greater than, is not equal to ) between them
2 1, and a ≠ b are inequalities
5. : difference in height of successive high or low tides due chiefly to the moon's declination — called also diurnal inequality