English-Thai Dictionary

equality

N ความเท่าเทียม  ความเสมอภาค  balance parity uniformity kwam-tao-tiam

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EQUALITY

n.[L. oequalitas.] An agreement of things in dimensions, quantity or quality; likeness; similarity in regard to two things compared. We speak of the equality of two or more tracts of land, of two bodies in length, breadth or thickness, of virtues or vices. 1. The same degree of dignity or claims; as the equality of men in the scale of being; the equality of nobles of the same rank; an equality of rights.
2. Evenness; uniformity; sameness in state or continued course; as an equality of temper or constitution.
3. Evenness; plainness; uniformity; as an equality of surface.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

EQUALITY

E *qual "i *ty, n.; pl. Equalities. Etym: [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.A footing of equality with nobles. Macaulay.

 

2. Sameness in state or continued course; evenness; uniformity; as, an equality of temper or constitution.

 

3. Evenness; uniformity; as, an equality of surface.

 

4. (Math. )

 

Defn: 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. Confessional equality. See under Confessional.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

equality

e qual i ty |iˈkwälitē iˈkwɑlədi | ▶noun the state of being equal, esp. in status, rights, and opportunities: an organization aiming to promote racial equality. • Mathematics a symbolic expression of the fact that two quantities are equal; an equation. ORIGIN late Middle English: via Old French from Latin aequalitas, from aequalis (see equal ).

 

Equality State

E qual i ty State a nickname for the state of Wyoming.

 

Oxford Dictionary

equality

equal |ity |ɪˈkwɒlɪti, iː -| ▶noun 1 [ mass noun ] the state of being equal, especially in status, rights, or opportunities: an organization aiming to promote racial equality. 2 Mathematics a symbolic expression of the fact that two quantities are equal; an equation. ORIGIN late Middle English: via Old French from Latin aequalitas, from aequalis (see equal ).

 

Equality State

Equality State informal name for Wyoming.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

equality

equality noun 1 we promote equality for women: fairness, equal rights, equal opportunities, equity, egalitarianism; impartiality, evenhandedness; justice. 2 equality between supply and demand: parity, similarity, comparability, correspondence; likeness, resemblance; uniformity, evenness, balance, equilibrium, consistency, homogeneity, agreement, congruence, symmetry.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

equality

equality noun 1 the union's efforts to promote equality for women: fairness, justness, equitability, impartiality, even-handedness, egalitarianism, equal rights, equal opportunities, non-discrimination; justice, freedom, emancipation; rare coequality. ANTONYMS inequality. 2 equality between the demand for, and supply of, money: parity, sameness, identicalness, identity, equalness; likeness, alikeness, similarity, comparability, resemblance; uniformity, evenness, levelness, balance, equilibrium, correspondence, consistency, agreement, concord, congruence, parallelism, symmetry; rare coequality. ANTONYMS difference.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

equality

e qual i ty /ɪkwɑ́ləti |-kwɔ́l -/→equal 名詞 U 1 «…との /…の間の /…における » 平等 , 均等 , 対等 , 一様 (性 ) «with /between /in » (↔inequality )▸ sexual equality ≒equality of the sexes [between men and women ]男女の平等 ▸ equality of opportunity 機会均等 ▸ be on an equality with A A 〈人 物 〉と対等 [同等 ](の立場 )である 2 (動きなどの )均質性 , 一様性 .3 〘数 〙相等 , 等式 .～́ s ì gn 等号 〘=〙.E -́ St à te 〖the ～〗平等州 〘米国Wyoming州の愛称; 婦人参政権を最初に認めたことから 〙.