different between inequality vs asymmetry

English

Alternative forms

• inæquality (archaic, rare)

Etymology

From Old French inequalité, from Medieval Latin inaequalitas, from inaequalis (“unequal”), from in- (“not”) + aequalis (“equal”).

Morphologically inequal +? -ity

Pronunciation

• enPR: ?n?kw?l'?t?, IPA^(key): /??n??kw?l?ti/

Noun

inequality (countable and uncountable, plural inequalities)

1. An unfair, not equal, state.

   The inequality in living standards led to a civil war as the have nots rebelled.

2. (mathematics) A statement that of two quantities one is specifically less than (or greater than) another. Symbol: ${\displaystyle <}$ or ${\displaystyle \leq }$ or ${\displaystyle >}$ or ${\displaystyle \geq }$ or ${\displaystyle \neq }$, as appropriate.

   The inequality ${\displaystyle x}$ is less than ${\displaystyle y}$, together with that ${\displaystyle y<z}$, allows us to deduce the inequality ${\displaystyle x<z}$.

Synonyms

• (statement in mathematics): inequation

Hyponyms

• Cauchy-Schwarz inequality
• triangle inequality

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See also

• ?

English

Etymology

From a- +? symmetry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e??s?m?t?i/

Noun

asymmetry (countable and uncountable, plural asymmetries)

1. Absence of symmetry or proportion between the parts of a thing, or a distinction that produces such a lack of symmetry.
2. The lack of a common measure between two objects or quantities; incommensurability.

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