Inequality

English Meaning

The quality of being unequal; difference, or want 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.

1. The condition of being unequal.
2. An instance of being unequal.
3. Lack of equality, as of opportunity, treatment, or status.
4. Social or economic disparity: the growing inequality between rich and poor.
5. Lack of smoothness or regularity; unevenness.
6. Variability; changeability.
7. Mathematics An algebraic relation showing that a quantity is greater than or less than another quantity.
8. Astronomy A deviation from uniformity in the motion of a celestial body.