equalityn.

/ɪˈkwɒlɪti/

Forms: Middle English–1500s equalite, (Middle English equalyte, eqwalyte), 1500s equaltie, equalitie, equallitie, (1500s æqualitie, 1600s æquality,) 1500s– equality. See also egality n.

Etymology: < Old French équalité (modern French égalité ), < Latin aequālitāt-em , < aequālis equal adj. and n.

The quality or condition of being equal.

a. The condition of being equal in quantity, amount, value, intensity, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [noun]

comparison1340

evennessa1398

evenhead?a1400

equipollencec1430

pareil?c1450

equalityc1460

comparation1483

egalness1526

equalness1530

equivalency1535

eveningc1540

equivalencea1542

indifferency1569

owelty1579

coequality1583

mateship1593

equal1596

adequation1605

parity1609

parility1610

matchableness1611

equipollency1623

equiparance1624

egality1628

equipage1633

comparitya1635

omniparity1635

peership1641

exequation1656

equipoise1658

equipotency1658

countervalue1660

adequateness1664

commensurablenessa1676

peerage1681

égalité1794

peerdom1891

c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn l. 2734 Of hete, & eke of coldnes, of oon equalite.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 217/1 Equalite, egallité, evynnesse.

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. iii. f. 101 The equalitie of the daye and nyght.

1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated ii. xiv. 221 Reduce to any shadow of Æquality.

1657 Earl of Monmouth tr. P. Paruta Politick Disc. 200 God, by whom..the earth it self is sustained and held up with a miraculous equality of weight.

1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. xx. 572 Pleading equality of years.

1831 D. Brewster Treat. Optics ii. 19 In approaching the mirror, the image and object approach to equality.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. iii. 245 Will the exhausting of the tube disturb the equality?

1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life 122 The ganglia do not maintain the same numerical equality.

b. esp. in Mathematics. The exact correspondence between magnitudes and numbers in respect of quantity, the existence of which is sometimes expressed by the sign =.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > [noun] > relationship between quantities > equality

equality1570

1570 H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. i. f. 5 This figure [sc. rhombus] agreeth with a square, as touching the equallitie of lines.

1772 J. H. Moore Pract. Navigator (1828) 4 = The Sign of Equality; it shews that the numbers or quantities placed before it are equal to those following it.

1846 J. S. Mill Syst. Logic (ed. 2) i. iii. §11 Equality; which is but another word for the exact resemblance commonly called identity, considered as subsisting between things in respect of their quantity.

a. The condition of having equal dignity, rank, or privileges with others; the fact of being on an equal footing.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > [noun] > equality of birth or station

paragea1393

equalitya1525

egalness1526

equalness1530

egality1864

classlessness1917

a1525 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Adv. 19.2.4) i. Prol. l. 60 Suppois his lardschip lik nocht be Till gretar staitis in equalitie.

a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) iii. f. Clxxxxix But all .iij. persones one god, of one substaunce, & of inseperable equalite.

a1616 Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) i. iii. 47 Equality of two Domesticke powers, Breed scrupulous faction.

1667 Milton Paradise Lost xii. 26 Not content With fair equalitie, fraternal state.

1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 225. ⁋3 Equality is the Life of Conversation.

1794 R. Southey Wat Tyler Ye are all equal; nature made you so. Equality is your birth-right.

1874 J. T. Micklethwaite Mod. Parish Churches 30 The feeling of perfect equality inside the church.

b. The condition of being equal in power, ability, achievement, or excellence. Also (rarely), the condition of being ‘equal to an emergency’.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [noun] > equality of power or excellence

equalitya1616

equilibrium1677

a1616 Shakespeare King John (1623) ii. i. 327 The on-set and retyre Of both your Armies, whose equality By our best eyes cannot be censured.

1817 S. T. Coleridge Biogr. Lit. (1882) 16 The confidence of his own equality with those whom he deemed most worthy of his praise.

1828 Scott Fair Maid of Perth xi, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 319 They fought with an equality.

1879 G. W. Curtis Speech New Eng. Soc. Dinner With their equality to the emergency the Pilgrim Fathers would have lived in the best houses.

c. equality of opportunity n. equal chance and right to seek success in one's chosen sphere regardless of social factors such as class, race, religion, and sex.

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society > society and the community > social attitudes > [noun] > integration or egalitarianism

levellinga1641

levelism1659

Levelry1661

non-discrimination1793

liberation1798

diversity1859

equalitarianisma1866

equality of opportunity1891

egalitarianism1932

integration1940

1891 Econ. Rev. I. 474 It will possibly, however, be contended that here the ideal is equality of Opportunity.

1920 M. Beer Hist. Brit. Socialism II. iv. xiv. 295 By ‘equality of opportunity’ Fabian women do not necessarily mean ‘similarity of opportunity’.

1920 H. G. Wells Outl. Hist. II. ix. xli. 754/2 A sufficient measure of social justice, to ensure health, education, and a rough equality of opportunity.

1930 W. K. Hancock Australia ix. 183 Equality of opportunity implies free scope for natural talent, which must create new inequalities; whereas what Australian democracy desires is equality of enjoyment.

1950 G. B. Shaw Farfetched Fables 67 Democratic civilization is impossible, because equality of opportunity is impossible.

1973 R. R. Palmer in P. P. Wiener Dict. Hist. Ideas II. 146/2 The key words are fair competition, equality of opportunity, reward for merit, and careers open to talent.

1976 R. Williams Keywords 102 Equality of opportunity..can be glossed as ‘equal opportunity to become unequal’.

†3.

a. In persons: Fairness, impartiality, equity.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > rightness or justice > [noun] > fairness or equity

evennessOE

rightOE

equityc1315

evenheadc1350

charityc1430

evenhood1496

consciencea1538

equalness1548

equality1556

equanimity1607

candour1616

equitableness1648

candidness1661

just1667

both-sidedness1845

1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie lvi. 44 In hering of him what equaltie ye show.

b. In things: Due proportion, proportionateness.

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the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [noun] > due proportion or proportionateness

proportiona1382

equality1447

proportioningc1450

temperance1471

temperancy1526

proportionality1545

commensurability1570

equability1576

proportionableness1606

apportionateness1645

proportionateness1658

commensurateness1661

proportionability1697

1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 12 Shap and colour and eche feture Were comproporcyond in swych equalyte.

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum (at cited word) Equalitie of lawes, wher thei be to al degrees indifferente.

1692 J. Ray Misc. Disc. Dissolution World 232 The breaking of order and equality in the world.

1845 J. R. McCulloch Treat. Taxation Introd. 19 Equality..is essential to such taxes.

4. Evenness of surface; uniformity of size or shape; level position. Also of movements or processes: Evenness, regularity, uniformity in rate or degree. Now somewhat rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > uniformity > [noun]

evenlinesseOE

evennessa1398

equality1398

uniformity?a1475

equalness1545

uniformness1579

coherence1588

constancy1593

identity1611

oneness1611

holdinga1616

homogeneity1625

homogeny1626

unity1638

equiformity1646

self-consistencya1652

invariableness1654

homogeneousness1658

univocacy1658

sameness1743

consistency1787

self-similarity1847

consistence1850

flushnessa1878

homogenization1938

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum xiii. xxiii. (Tollem. MS.) The see is calde ‘equor’, and haþ þat name of equalite, evennesse.

1590 J. Smythe Certain Disc. Weapons 4 b All the points of the Piques of everie rancke carrying one equalitie.

1656 J. Smith Compl. Pract. Physick 172 Sometimes a Bone, so pressed down, settles to his natural equality.

1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 25 The equality of its Motion..without any fits or starts.

1691 T. Hale Acct. New Inventions 95 The Plumber's vain pretence to near Equality, and endeavour to cast as equal as he can.

1834 H. Martineau Farrers of Budge-Row iv. 73 The equality of wear of a piece of gingham or calico.

†5. figurative. Of the body: An even condition or temper. Of the mind: Evenness, equability. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > calmness > [noun]

resteOE

peacea1225

egalityc1374

tranquillityc1374

peaceabilityc1384

sobernessc1384

tranquille1412

quietness?a1425

evenheadc1440

equalitya1475

equability1531

sobermood1556

calmness1561

evenness1561

serenity1599

collection1602

equilibrium1608

calm1609

temperateness1609

composedness1611

recollection1611

temper1611

unpassionateness1611

placidity1619

sereneness1628

attemperature1635

quietationa1639

equableness1641

steadiness1642

sedateness1647

imperturbation1648

placidness1654

centredness1662

equanimity1663

composure1667

serenitude1672

equalness1675

unperturbedness1676

dispassion1690

quietism1735

serene1744

relaxednessa1750

self-composure1762

sober-mindedness1767

collectedness1789

unprovokedness1795

comfortableness1815

repose1815

levelness1824

dispassionateness1842

unruffledness1858

passionlessness1867

a1475 Bk. Quinte Essence 20 It consumeþ þe corrupt superflue humouris, & reducit nature to equalite.

1647 King Charles I Declar. Jan. 18, in Wks. (1662) 281 Patience and a great Equality of Mind.

1710 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 25 Apr. (1965) I. 29 You would find an easy equality of temper you do not expect.

1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 143. ⁋4 To enjoy Life and Health as a constant Feast, we should..arrive at an Equality of Mind.

6. Equality State n. popular name in the U.S. for Wyoming, the first state to introduce women's suffrage.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > named regions of earth > America > North America > [noun] > United States > states with specific qualities

border states1842

Sunshine State1887

Equality State1891

Mountain State1891

Wheat State1911

1891 M. F. Sweetser King's Handbk. U.S. 904 The Commonwealth [sc. Wyoming] has been called the equality state, because ever since its organization men and women have been accorded equal rights to vote.

1963 R. I. McDavid & D. W. Maurer Mencken's Amer. Lang. (new ed.) x. 700 Wyoming is the Equality or Suffrage State, so called because its Territorial Legislature made the first grant of the suffrage to women voters in 1869.

Draft additions 1993

Also (occasionally), an instance of this; an equation.

ΚΠ

1882 R. A. Proctor Familiar Sci. Stud. 16 The perfect equality of the triangles might be tested by superposition.

1938 Forum Feb. 95/2 From the Lorentz transformation..the equality of mass and rest-energy is derived.

1957 Fundamenta Mathematica XLIV. 300 (heading) On the extension of equalities in connected topological groups.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	equality
释义	equalityn. /ɪˈkwɒlɪti/ Forms: Middle English–1500s equalite, (Middle English equalyte, eqwalyte), 1500s equaltie, equalitie, equallitie, (1500s æqualitie, 1600s æquality,) 1500s– equality. See also egality n. Etymology: < Old French équalité (modern French égalité ), < Latin aequālitāt-em , < aequālis equal adj. and n. The quality or condition of being equal. 1. a. The condition of being equal in quantity, amount, value, intensity, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [noun] comparison1340 evennessa1398 evenhead?a1400 equipollencec1430 pareil?c1450 equalityc1460 comparation1483 egalness1526 equalness1530 equivalency1535 eveningc1540 equivalencea1542 indifferency1569 owelty1579 coequality1583 mateship1593 equal1596 adequation1605 parity1609 parility1610 matchableness1611 equipollency1623 equiparance1624 egality1628 equipage1633 comparitya1635 omniparity1635 peership1641 exequation1656 equipoise1658 equipotency1658 countervalue1660 adequateness1664 commensurablenessa1676 peerage1681 égalité1794 peerdom1891 c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn l. 2734 Of hete, & eke of coldnes, of oon equalite. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 217/1 Equalite, egallité, evynnesse. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. iii. f. 101 The equalitie of the daye and nyght. 1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated ii. xiv. 221 Reduce to any shadow of Æquality. 1657 Earl of Monmouth tr. P. Paruta Politick Disc. 200 God, by whom..the earth it self is sustained and held up with a miraculous equality of weight. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. xx. 572 Pleading equality of years. 1831 D. Brewster Treat. Optics ii. 19 In approaching the mirror, the image and object approach to equality. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. iii. 245 Will the exhausting of the tube disturb the equality? 1870 G. Rolleston Forms Animal Life 122 The ganglia do not maintain the same numerical equality. b. esp. in Mathematics. The exact correspondence between magnitudes and numbers in respect of quantity, the existence of which is sometimes expressed by the sign =. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > [noun] > relationship between quantities > equality equality1570 1570 H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. i. f. 5 This figure [sc. rhombus] agreeth with a square, as touching the equallitie of lines. 1772 J. H. Moore Pract. Navigator (1828) 4 = The Sign of Equality; it shews that the numbers or quantities placed before it are equal to those following it. 1846 J. S. Mill Syst. Logic (ed. 2) i. iii. §11 Equality; which is but another word for the exact resemblance commonly called identity, considered as subsisting between things in respect of their quantity. 2. a. The condition of having equal dignity, rank, or privileges with others; the fact of being on an equal footing. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > [noun] > equality of birth or station paragea1393 equalitya1525 egalness1526 equalness1530 egality1864 classlessness1917 a1525 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Adv. 19.2.4) i. Prol. l. 60 Suppois his lardschip lik nocht be Till gretar staitis in equalitie. a1530 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfeccyon (1531) iii. f. Clxxxxix But all .iij. persones one god, of one substaunce, & of inseperable equalite. a1616 Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) i. iii. 47 Equality of two Domesticke powers, Breed scrupulous faction. View more context for this quotation 1667 Milton Paradise Lost xii. 26 Not content With fair equalitie, fraternal state. View more context for this quotation 1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 225. ⁋3 Equality is the Life of Conversation. 1794 R. Southey Wat Tyler Ye are all equal; nature made you so. Equality is your birth-right. 1874 J. T. Micklethwaite Mod. Parish Churches 30 The feeling of perfect equality inside the church. b. The condition of being equal in power, ability, achievement, or excellence. Also (rarely), the condition of being ‘equal to an emergency’. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [noun] > equality of power or excellence equalitya1616 equilibrium1677 a1616 Shakespeare King John (1623) ii. i. 327 The on-set and retyre Of both your Armies, whose equality By our best eyes cannot be censured. View more context for this quotation 1817 S. T. Coleridge Biogr. Lit. (1882) 16 The confidence of his own equality with those whom he deemed most worthy of his praise. 1828 Scott Fair Maid of Perth xi, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 319 They fought with an equality. 1879 G. W. Curtis Speech New Eng. Soc. Dinner With their equality to the emergency the Pilgrim Fathers would have lived in the best houses. c. equality of opportunity n. equal chance and right to seek success in one's chosen sphere regardless of social factors such as class, race, religion, and sex. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > [noun] > integration or egalitarianism levellinga1641 levelism1659 Levelry1661 non-discrimination1793 liberation1798 diversity1859 equalitarianisma1866 equality of opportunity1891 egalitarianism1932 integration1940 1891 Econ. Rev. I. 474 It will possibly, however, be contended that here the ideal is equality of Opportunity. 1920 M. Beer Hist. Brit. Socialism II. iv. xiv. 295 By ‘equality of opportunity’ Fabian women do not necessarily mean ‘similarity of opportunity’. 1920 H. G. Wells Outl. Hist. II. ix. xli. 754/2 A sufficient measure of social justice, to ensure health, education, and a rough equality of opportunity. 1930 W. K. Hancock Australia ix. 183 Equality of opportunity implies free scope for natural talent, which must create new inequalities; whereas what Australian democracy desires is equality of enjoyment. 1950 G. B. Shaw Farfetched Fables 67 Democratic civilization is impossible, because equality of opportunity is impossible. 1973 R. R. Palmer in P. P. Wiener Dict. Hist. Ideas II. 146/2 The key words are fair competition, equality of opportunity, reward for merit, and careers open to talent. 1976 R. Williams Keywords 102 Equality of opportunity..can be glossed as ‘equal opportunity to become unequal’. †3. a. In persons: Fairness, impartiality, equity. ΘΚΠ society > morality > rightness or justice > [noun] > fairness or equity evennessOE rightOE equityc1315 evenheadc1350 charityc1430 evenhood1496 consciencea1538 equalness1548 equality1556 equanimity1607 candour1616 equitableness1648 candidness1661 just1667 both-sidedness1845 1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie lvi. 44 In hering of him what equaltie ye show. b. In things: Due proportion, proportionateness. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [noun] > due proportion or proportionateness proportiona1382 equality1447 proportioningc1450 temperance1471 temperancy1526 proportionality1545 commensurability1570 equability1576 proportionableness1606 apportionateness1645 proportionateness1658 commensurateness1661 proportionability1697 1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 12 Shap and colour and eche feture Were comproporcyond in swych equalyte. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum (at cited word) Equalitie of lawes, wher thei be to al degrees indifferente. 1692 J. Ray Misc. Disc. Dissolution World 232 The breaking of order and equality in the world. 1845 J. R. McCulloch Treat. Taxation Introd. 19 Equality..is essential to such taxes. 4. Evenness of surface; uniformity of size or shape; level position. Also of movements or processes: Evenness, regularity, uniformity in rate or degree. Now somewhat rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > uniformity > [noun] evenlinesseOE evennessa1398 equality1398 uniformity?a1475 equalness1545 uniformness1579 coherence1588 constancy1593 identity1611 oneness1611 holdinga1616 homogeneity1625 homogeny1626 unity1638 equiformity1646 self-consistencya1652 invariableness1654 homogeneousness1658 univocacy1658 sameness1743 consistency1787 self-similarity1847 consistence1850 flushnessa1878 homogenization1938 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum xiii. xxiii. (Tollem. MS.) The see is calde ‘equor’, and haþ þat name of equalite, evennesse. 1590 J. Smythe Certain Disc. Weapons 4 b All the points of the Piques of everie rancke carrying one equalitie. 1656 J. Smith Compl. Pract. Physick 172 Sometimes a Bone, so pressed down, settles to his natural equality. 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 25 The equality of its Motion..without any fits or starts. 1691 T. Hale Acct. New Inventions 95 The Plumber's vain pretence to near Equality, and endeavour to cast as equal as he can. 1834 H. Martineau Farrers of Budge-Row iv. 73 The equality of wear of a piece of gingham or calico. †5. figurative. Of the body: An even condition or temper. Of the mind: Evenness, equability. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > calmness > [noun] resteOE peacea1225 egalityc1374 tranquillityc1374 peaceabilityc1384 sobernessc1384 tranquille1412 quietness?a1425 evenheadc1440 equalitya1475 equability1531 sobermood1556 calmness1561 evenness1561 serenity1599 collection1602 equilibrium1608 calm1609 temperateness1609 composedness1611 recollection1611 temper1611 unpassionateness1611 placidity1619 sereneness1628 attemperature1635 quietationa1639 equableness1641 steadiness1642 sedateness1647 imperturbation1648 placidness1654 centredness1662 equanimity1663 composure1667 serenitude1672 equalness1675 unperturbedness1676 dispassion1690 quietism1735 serene1744 relaxednessa1750 self-composure1762 sober-mindedness1767 collectedness1789 unprovokedness1795 comfortableness1815 repose1815 levelness1824 dispassionateness1842 unruffledness1858 passionlessness1867 a1475 Bk. Quinte Essence 20 It consumeþ þe corrupt superflue humouris, & reducit nature to equalite. 1647 King Charles I Declar. Jan. 18, in Wks. (1662) 281 Patience and a great Equality of Mind. 1710 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 25 Apr. (1965) I. 29 You would find an easy equality of temper you do not expect. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 143. ⁋4 To enjoy Life and Health as a constant Feast, we should..arrive at an Equality of Mind. 6. Equality State n. popular name in the U.S. for Wyoming, the first state to introduce women's suffrage. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > America > North America > [noun] > United States > states with specific qualities border states1842 Sunshine State1887 Equality State1891 Mountain State1891 Wheat State1911 1891 M. F. Sweetser King's Handbk. U.S. 904 The Commonwealth [sc. Wyoming] has been called the equality state, because ever since its organization men and women have been accorded equal rights to vote. 1963 R. I. McDavid & D. W. Maurer Mencken's Amer. Lang. (new ed.) x. 700 Wyoming is the Equality or Suffrage State, so called because its Territorial Legislature made the first grant of the suffrage to women voters in 1869. Draft additions 1993 Also (occasionally), an instance of this; an equation. ΚΠ 1882 R. A. Proctor Familiar Sci. Stud. 16 The perfect equality of the triangles might be tested by superposition. 1938 Forum Feb. 95/2 From the Lorentz transformation..the equality of mass and rest-energy is derived. 1957 Fundamenta Mathematica XLIV. 300 (heading) On the extension of equalities in connected topological groups. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1398
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