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equality
(encz) | equality,rovnocennost Zdeněk Brož |
equality
(encz) | equality,rovnost n: [mat.] |
equality
(encz) | equality,stejnost Zdeněk Brož |
Equality
(gcide) | Equality \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.
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A footing of equality with nobles. --Macaulay.
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2. Sameness in state or continued course; evenness;
uniformity; as, an equality of temper or constitution.
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3. Evenness; uniformity; as, an equality of surface.
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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.
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Confessional equality. See under Confessional.
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equality
(wn) | equality
n 1: the quality of being the same in quantity or measure or
value or status [ant: inequality]
2: a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally
balanced; "on a par with the best" [syn: equality,
equivalence, equation, par] |
EQUALITY
(bouvier) | EQUALITY. Possessing the same rights, and being liable to the same duties.
See 1 Toull. No. l70, 193, Int.
2. Persons are all equal before the law, whatever adventitious
advantages some may possess over others. All persons are protected by the
law, and obedience to it is required from all.
3. Judges in court, while exercising their functions, are all upon an
equality, it being a rule that inter pares non est potestas; a judge cannot,
therefore, punish another judge of the same court for using any expression
in court, although the words used might have been a contempt in any other
person. Bac. Ab., Of the court of sessions, of justices of the peace.
4. In contracts the law presumes the parties act upon a perfect
equality; when, therefore, one party uses any fraud or deceit to destroy
this equality, the party grieved may avoid the contract. In case of a grant
to two or more persons jointly, without designating what each takes, they
are presumed to take in equal proportion. 4 Day, 395.
5. It is a maxim, that when the equity of the parties is equal, the law
must prevail. 3 Call, R. 259. And that, as between different creditors,
equality is equity. 4 Bouv. Inst. n. 3725; 1 Page, R. 181. See Kames on Eq.
75. Vide Deceit; Fraud.
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equality
(encz) | equality,rovnocennost Zdeněk Brožequality,rovnost n: [mat.] equality,stejnost Zdeněk Brož |
equality before the law
(encz) | equality before the law, n: |
gini inequality index
(encz) | Gini inequality index, |
income inequality and population growth
(encz) | income inequality and population growth,nerovnost v příjmu a růst
populace [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
inequality
(encz) | inequality,nerovnost n: [mat.] |
Coequality
(gcide) | Coequality \Co`e*qual"i*ty\, n.
The state of being on an equality, as in rank or power.
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Confessional equality
(gcide) | Confessional \Con*fes"sion*al\, a.
Pertaining to a confession of faith.
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Confessional equality, equality before the law of persons
confessing different creeds.
[1913 Webster]Equality \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.
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A footing of equality with nobles. --Macaulay.
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2. Sameness in state or continued course; evenness;
uniformity; as, an equality of temper or constitution.
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3. Evenness; uniformity; as, an equality of surface.
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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.
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Confessional equality. See under Confessional.
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Inequality
(gcide) | Inequality \In`e*qual"i*ty\, n.; pl. Inequalities. [L.
inaequalitas.]
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1. The quality of being unequal; difference, or lack of
equality, in any respect; lack of uniformity;
disproportion; unevenness; disparity; diversity; as, an
inequality in size, stature, numbers, power, distances,
motions, rank, property, etc.
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There is so great an inequality in the length of our
legs and arms as makes it impossible for us to walk
on all four. --Ray.
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Notwithstanding which inequality of number, it was
resolved in a council of war to fight the Dutch
fleet. --Ludlow.
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Sympathy is rarely strong where there is a great
inequality of condition. --Macaulay.
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2. Unevenness; lack of levelness; the alternate rising and
falling of a surface; as, the inequalities of the surface
of the earth, or of a marble slab, etc.
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The country is cut into so many hills and
inequalities as renders it defensible. --Addison.
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3. Variableness; changeableness; inconstancy; lack of
smoothness or equability; deviation; unsteadiness, as of
the weather, feelings, etc.
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Inequality of air is ever an enemy to health.
--Bacon.
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4. Disproportion to any office or purpose; inadequacy;
competency; as, the inequality of terrestrial things to
the wants of a rational soul. --South.
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5. (Alg.) An expression consisting of two unequal quantities,
with the sign of inequality (.gt. or .lt.) between them;
as, the inequality 2 .lt. 3, or 4 .gt. 1.
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6. (Astron.) An irregularity, or a deviation, in the motion
of a planet or satellite from its uniform mean motion; the
amount of such deviation.
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congress of racial equality
(wn) | Congress of Racial Equality
n 1: an organization founded by James Leonard Farmer in 1942 to
work for racial equality [syn: {Congress of Racial
Equality}, CORE] |
equality
(wn) | equality
n 1: the quality of being the same in quantity or measure or
value or status [ant: inequality]
2: a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally
balanced; "on a par with the best" [syn: equality,
equivalence, equation, par] |
equality before the law
(wn) | equality before the law
n 1: the right to equal protection of the laws |
equality state
(wn) | Equality State
n 1: a state in the western United States; mountainous in the
west and north with the Great Plains in the east [syn:
Wyoming, Equality State, WY] |
inequality
(wn) | inequality
n 1: lack of equality; "the growing inequality between rich and
poor" [ant: equality] |
extensional equality
(foldoc) | extensional equality
extensionality
(Or extensionality). Functions, f and g are extensionally
equal if and only if
f x = g x for all x.
where "=" means both expressions fail to terminate (under some
given reduction strategy) or they both terminate with the
same basic value.
Two functions may be extensionally equal but not
inter-convertible (neither is reducible to the other). E.g.
\ x . x+x and \ x . 2*x. See also {observational
equivalence}, referential transparency.
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EQUALITY
(bouvier) | EQUALITY. Possessing the same rights, and being liable to the same duties.
See 1 Toull. No. l70, 193, Int.
2. Persons are all equal before the law, whatever adventitious
advantages some may possess over others. All persons are protected by the
law, and obedience to it is required from all.
3. Judges in court, while exercising their functions, are all upon an
equality, it being a rule that inter pares non est potestas; a judge cannot,
therefore, punish another judge of the same court for using any expression
in court, although the words used might have been a contempt in any other
person. Bac. Ab., Of the court of sessions, of justices of the peace.
4. In contracts the law presumes the parties act upon a perfect
equality; when, therefore, one party uses any fraud or deceit to destroy
this equality, the party grieved may avoid the contract. In case of a grant
to two or more persons jointly, without designating what each takes, they
are presumed to take in equal proportion. 4 Day, 395.
5. It is a maxim, that when the equity of the parties is equal, the law
must prevail. 3 Call, R. 259. And that, as between different creditors,
equality is equity. 4 Bouv. Inst. n. 3725; 1 Page, R. 181. See Kames on Eq.
75. Vide Deceit; Fraud.
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