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inegality

inegality noun: the state of not being equal; unequalness; inequality.

Noun

inegality (uncountable)

  1. The state of not being equal; unequalness; inequality.
    • In Babylonian planetary calendars, the lengths of the astronomical seasons were assumed to be equal, although the scribes might have concluded the inegality of the seasons from their own Lunar Tables.1953, B. L. van der Waerden, “History of the Zodiac”, in Archiv für Orientforschung, volume 16, page 223

Questions about inegality

What does inegality mean?
Inegality means the state of not being equal; unequalness; inequality.
What part of speech is inegality?
Inegality is a noun.

Words near inegality in the dictionary

  1. inefficiently
  2. inefficients
  3. inegalitarian
  4. inegalitarianism
  5. inegalitarians
  6. inegality
  7. Inegöl
  8. inelaborate
  9. inelaborately
  10. inelastic
  11. inelastically

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