inequality
Absence of equality.
Other meanings
A condition or state (of social, cultural, or legal matters) that is not equal; especially, such a condition that is thereby also unfair.
A statement that of two quantities one is specifically less than (or greater than) another. Symbol: or \leq or > or \geq or \ne, as appropriate.
Related words
- Azuma's inequality
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "inaequālis" (unequal).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “inequality” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.