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equality 音標拼音: [ɪkw'ɑləti] n. U同等,平等;相等,等式 U同等,平等;相等,等式 equality等式 equality相等 等式 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" [ synonym: { equality}, { equivalence}, { equation}, { par}] 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. [ 1913 Webster] A footing of equality with nobles. -- Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Sameness in state or continued course; evenness; uniformity; as, an equality of temper or constitution. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Evenness; uniformity; as, an equality of surface. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] { Confessional equality}. See under { Confessional}. [ 1913 Webster] 59 Moby Thesaurus words for " equality": agreement, analogy, balance, bilateral symmetry, coequality, coincidence, comparability, comparison, conformity, congruence, congruity, consistency, correspondence, dynamic symmetry, egalitarianism, equilibrium, equivalence, equivalency, eurythmics, eurythmy, evenness, fairness, finish, harmony, homogeneity, homoousia, identity, impartiality, indistinguishability, justice, keeping, likeness, multilateral symmetry, no difference, oneness, par, parallelism, parity, polarity, proportion, proportionality, regularity, resemblance, sameness, self- identity, selfhood, selfness, selfsameness, shapeliness, similarity, similitude, symmetricalness, symmetry, synonymity, synonymousness, synonymy, trilateral symmetry, uniformity, unityEQUALITY. 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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