equality Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the quality of being the same in quantity or measure or value or status
  2. noun a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced
    equation; equivalence; par.
    • on a par with the best

WordNet

E*qual"i*ty noun
Etymology
L. aequalitas, fr. aequalis equal. See Equal.
Wordforms
plural Equalities
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913