Hypertext Webster Gateway: "equality"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
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.) 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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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: "on a par
with the best" [syn: {equivalence}, {par}]
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