Definitions for: Equality


[n] the quality of being the same in quantity or measure or value or status
[n] a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced; "on a par with the best"



Webster (1913) Definition: E*qual"i*ty, n.; pl. Equalities. [L. aequalitas,
fr. aequalis equal. See Equal.]
1. The condition or quality of being equal; agreement in
quantity or degree as compared; likeness in bulk, value,
rank, properties, etc.; as, the equality of two bodies in
length or thickness; an equality of rights.

A footing of equality with nobles. --Macaulay.

2. Sameness in state or continued course; evenness;
uniformity; as, an equality of temper or constitution.

3. Evenness; uniformity; as, an equality of surface.

4. (Math.) Exact agreement between two expressions or
magnitudes with respect to quantity; -- denoted by the
symbol =; thus, a = x signifies that a contains the same
number and kind of units of measure that x does.

Confessional equality. See under Confessional.

Synonyms: equation, equivalence, par

Antonyms: inequality

See Also: equatability, equivalence, evenness, position, sameness, status, tie

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