Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter I - Page 36
Induration (n.) State of being indurated, or of having become hard.
Induration (n.) Hardness of character, manner, sensibility, etc.; obduracy; stiffness; want of pliancy or feeling.
A certain
induration of character had arisen from long habits of business. -- Coleridge.
Induration (n.) Any pathological hardening or thickening of
tissue [syn: sclerosis, induration].
Indusial (a.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, the petrified cases of the larvae of certain insects.
Indusial
limestone (Geol.), A fresh-water limestone, largely composed of the
agglomerated cases of caddice worms, or larv[ae] of caddice flies ({Phryganea).
It is found in Miocene strata of Auvergne, France, and some other localities.
Indusiate
Indusial (a.) Of or relating to or being an indusium.
Indusiate (a.) Alt. of Indusiated.
Indusiated (a.) Furnished with an indusium.
Indusia (n. pl. ) of Indusium.
Indusium (n.) (Bot.) A collection of hairs united so as to form a sort of cup, and inclosing the stigma of a flower.
Indusium (n.) (Bot.) The immediate covering of the fruit dots or sori in many ferns, usually a very thin scale attached by the middle or side to a veinlet.
Indusium (n.) (Bot.) A peculiar covering found in certain fungi.
Industrial (a.) Consisting in industry; pertaining to industry, or the arts and products of industry; concerning those employed in labor, especially in manual labor, and their wages, duties, and rights.
The
great ideas of industrial development and economic social amelioration. -- M.
Arnold.
Industrial exhibition, A public exhibition of the various industrial
products of a country, or of various countries.
Industrial school, A school for teaching one or more branches of industry; also, a school for educating neglected children, and training them to habits of industry.
Compare: Blue-collar
Blue-collar (a.) Of or designating work or workers in industry not requiring well-groomed appearance. [Narrower terms: industrial] white-collar
Blue-collar (a.) Of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers. [Narrower terms: lower-class, low-class].
Syn: propertyless, wage-earning, working-class.
Industrial (a.) Of or relating to or resulting from industry; "industrial output".
Industrial (a.) Having highly developed industries; "the industrial revolution"; "an industrial nation" [ant: nonindustrial].
Industrial (a.) Employed in industry; "the industrial classes"; "industrial work".
Industrial (a.) Suitable to stand up to hard wear; "industrial carpeting".
Industrialism (n.) Devotion to industrial pursuits; labor; industry.
Industrialism (n.) The principles or policy applicable to industrial pursuits or organized labor.
Industrialism
must not confounded with industriousness. -- H. Spencer.
Industrialism (n.) An economic system built on large industries
rather than on agriculture or craftsmanship.
Industrially (adv.) With reference to industry.
Industrially (adv.) By industrial means; "industrially produced".
Industrious (a.) Given to industry; characterized by diligence; constantly, regularly, or habitually occupied; busy; assiduous; not slothful or idle; -- commonly implying devotion to lawful and useful labor.
Frugal and industrious men are commonly friendly to the established government. -- Sir W. Temple.
Industrious (a.) Steadily and perseveringly active in a particular pursuit or aim; as, he was negligent in business, but industrious in pleasure; an industrious mischief maker.
Industrious to seek out the truth of all things. -- Spenser. -- In*dus"tri*ous*ly, adv. -- In*dus"tri*ous*ness, n.
Industrious (a.) Characterized by hard work and perseverance [syn: hardworking, industrious, tireless, untiring].
Industrious (a.) Working hard to promote an enterprise [syn: energetic, gumptious, industrious, up-and-coming].
Industries (n. pl. ) of Industry.
Industry (n.) Habitual diligence in any employment or pursuit, either bodily or mental; steady attention to business; assiduity; -- opposed to sloth and idleness; as, industry pays debts, while idleness or despair will increase them.
We are more industrious than our forefathers, because in the present times the funds destined for the maintenance of industry are much greater in proportion to those which are likely to be employed in the maintenance of idleness, than they were two or three centuries ago. -- A. Smith.
Industry (n.) Any department or branch of art, occupation, or business; especially, one which employs much labor and capital and is a distinct branch of trade; as, the sugar industry; the iron industry; the cotton industry.
Industry (n.) (Polit. Econ.) Human exertion of any kind employed for the creation of value, and regarded by some as a species of capital or wealth; labor.
Syn: Diligence; assiduity; perseverance; activity; laboriousness; attention. See Diligence.
Industry (n.) The people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise; "each industry has its own trade publications."
Industry (n.) The organized action of making of goods and services for sale; "American industry is making increased use of computers to control production" [syn: industry, manufacture].
Industry (n.) Persevering determination to perform a task; "his diligence won him quick promotions"; "frugality and industry are still regarded as virtues" [syn: diligence, industriousness, industry].
Industry, CA -- U.S. city in California
Population (2000): 777
Housing Units (2000): 124
Land area (2000): 11.715453 sq. miles (30.342882 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.177850 sq. miles (0.460630 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 11.893303 sq. miles (30.803512 sq. km)
FIPS code: 36490
Located within: California (CA), FIPS 06
Location: 34.015778 N, 117.950804 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 91744
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Industry, CA
Industry
Industry, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois
Population (2000): 540
Housing Units (2000): 223
Land area (2000): 0.471115 sq. miles (1.220181 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000668 sq. miles (0.001731 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.471783 sq. miles (1.221912 sq. km)
FIPS code: 37439
Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location: 40.326600 N, 90.606499 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 61440
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Industry, IL
Industry
Industry, PA -- U.S. borough in Pennsylvania
Population (2000): 1921
Housing Units (2000): 816
Land area (2000): 9.841635 sq. miles (25.489716 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.720393 sq. miles (1.865808 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 10.562028 sq. miles (27.355524 sq. km)
FIPS code: 36944
Located within: Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
Location: 40.656017 N, 80.409538 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 15052
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Industry, PA
Industry
Industry, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
Population (2000): 304
Housing Units (2000): 142
Land area (2000): 1.044782 sq. miles (2.705973 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.021992 sq. miles (0.056960 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.066774 sq. miles (2.762933 sq. km)
FIPS code: 35984
Located within: Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location: 29.972597 N, 96.502529 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 78944
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Industry, TX
Industry
Indutive (a.) (Bot.) Covered; -- applied to seeds which have the usual integumentary covering.
Induviae (n. pl.) (Bot.) Persistent portions of a calyx or corolla; also, leaves which do not disarticulate from the stem, and hence remain for a long time.
Induviate (a.) (Bot.) Covered with induviae, as the upper part of the trunk of a palm tree.
Indwelt (imp. & p. p.) of Indwell.
Indwelling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Indwell.
Indwell (v. t. & i.) To dwell in; to abide within; to remain in possession.
The Holy Ghost became a dove, not as a symbol, but as a constantly indwelt form. -- Milman.
Indweller (n.) An inhabitant. -- Spenser.
Indweller (n.) Activation by an inner spirit or force or principle; "the Holy Spirit is the indweller of the church and its members."
Indweller (n.) A person who inhabits a particular place [syn: inhabitant, habitant, dweller, denizen, indweller].
Indwelling (n.) Residence within, as in the heart.
The personal indwelling of the Spirit in believers. -- South.
Indwelling (a.) Existing or residing as an inner activating spirit or force or principle; "an indwelling divinity"; "an indwelling goodness."
-ine () (Chem.) A suffix, indicating that those substances of whose names it is a part are basic, in their nature, i.e. contain a basic nitrogen group.
Note: All organic bases, and basic substances (especially nitrogenous substances), are systematically written with the termination -ine; as, quinine, pyridine, morphine, guanidine, etc. Certain substances containing nitrogen though with net neutral character (as certain amino acids) also end in -ine, such valine and glycine.
All indifferent and neutral substances, as proteids, glycerides, glucosides, etc., should commonly be spelled with -in; as, gelatin, amygdalin, etc. This rule has no application to those numerous commercial or popular names with the termination -ine; as, gasoline, vaseline, etc.
-ine () (Organ. Chem.) A suffix, formerly used to indicate hydrocarbons of the second degree of unsaturation; i. e., members of the acetyline series; as, hexine, heptine, etc., but now superseded by the ending -yne, as in propyne.
Inearth (v. t.) To inter. [R.] -- Southey.
Inebriant (a.) Intoxicating.
Inebriant (n.) Anything that intoxicates, as opium, alcohol, etc.; an intoxicant. --Smart.
Inebriant (n.) A liquor or brew containing alcohol as the active agent; "alcohol (or drink) ruined him" [syn: alcohol, alcoholic drink, alcoholic beverage, intoxicant, inebriant].
Inebriated (imp. & p. p.) of Inebriate.
Inebriating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inebriate.
Inebriate (v. t.) 使醉，使陶醉，使興高采烈 To make drunk; to intoxicate.
The cups That cheer but not inebriate. -- Cowper.
Inebriate (v. t.) Fig.: To disorder the senses of; to exhilarate or elate as if by spirituous drink; to deprive of sense and judgment; also, to stupefy.
The inebriating effect of popular applause. -- Macaulay.
Inebriate (v. i.) To become drunk. [Obs.] -- Bacon.
Inebriate (a.) 陶醉的；酩酊的 Intoxicated; drunk; habitually given to drink; stupefied.
Thus spake Peter, as a man inebriate and made drunken with the sweetness of this vision, not knowing what he said. -- Udall.
Inebriate (n.) 酒徒 One who is drunk or intoxicated; esp., an habitual drunkard; as, an asylum for inebriates.
Some inebriates have their paroxysms of inebriety. -- E. Darwin.
Inebriate (n.) A chronic drinker [syn: {drunkard}, {drunk}, {rummy}, {sot}, {inebriate}, {wino}].
Inebriate (v.) Fill with sublime emotion; "The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies"; "He was inebriated by his phenomenal success" [syn: {exhilarate}, {tickle pink}, {inebriate}, {thrill}, {exalt}, {beatify}].
Inebriate (v.) Make drunk (with alcoholic drinks) [syn: {intoxicate}, {soak}, {inebriate}].
Inebriate (v.) Become drunk or drink excessively [syn: {souse}, {soak}, {inebriate}, {hit it up}].
Inebriation (n.) The condition of being inebriated; intoxication; figuratively, deprivation of sense and judgment by anything that exhilarates, as success. -- Sir T. Browne.
Preserve him from the inebriation of prosperity. -- Macaulay.
Syn: See Drunkenness.
Inebriation (n.) Habitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol such that abrupt deprivation leads to severe withdrawal symptoms [syn: alcoholism, alcohol addiction, inebriation, drunkenness].
Inebriation (n.) A temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol [syn: drunkenness, inebriation, inebriety, intoxication, tipsiness, insobriety] [ant: soberness, sobriety].
Inebriety (n.) Drunkenness; inebriation. -- E. Darwin.
Inebriety (n.) A temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol [syn: drunkenness, inebriation, inebriety, intoxication, tipsiness, insobriety] [ant: soberness, sobriety].
Inebrious (a.) Intoxicated, or partially so; intoxicating. [R.] -- T. Brown.
Inedited (a.) Not edited; unpublished; as, an inedited manuscript. -- T. Warton.
Inee (n.) [F.] An arrow poison, made from an apocynaceous plant ({Strophanthus hispidus) of the Gaboon country; -- called also onaye.
Ineffability (n.) The quality or state of being ineffable; ineffableness; unspeakableness.
Ineffable (a.) 無法形容的，說不出的，不應說出的，避諱的 Incapable of being expresses in words; unspeakable; unutterable; indescribable; as, the ineffable joys of heaven.
Contentment with our lot . . . will diffuse ineffable contentment over the soul. -- Beattie.
Ineffable (a.) Defying expression or description; "indefinable yearnings"; "indescribable beauty"; "ineffable ecstasy"; "inexpressible anguish"; "unspeakable happiness"; "unutterable contempt"; "a thing of untellable splendor" [syn: {indefinable}, {indescribable}, {ineffable}, {unspeakable}, {untellable}, {unutterable}].
Ineffable (a.) Too sacred to be uttered; "the ineffable name of the Deity" [syn: {ineffable}, {unnameable}, {unspeakable}, {unutterable}].
Ineffableness (n.) The quality or state of being ineffable or unutterable; unspeakableness.
Ineffably (adv.) In a manner not to be expressed in words; unspeakably. -- Milton.
Ineffably (adv.) To an inexpressible degree; "she was looking very young tonight, and, as usual, indescribably beautiful, in a simple strapless dress of a green and white silky cotton" [syn: ineffably, indescribably, unutterably, unspeakably].
Ineffaceable (a.) Incapable of being effaced; indelible; ineradicable.
Ineffaceably (adv.) So as not to be effaceable.
Ineffectible (a.) Ineffectual; impracticable.
Ineffective (a.) Not effective; not having the desired effect; ineffectual; futile; inefficient; useless; as, an ineffective appeal; an neffective herbal remedy.
The word of God, without the spirit, [is] a dead and ineffective letter. -- Jer. Taylor.
Ineffective (a.) Not producing an intended effect; "an ineffective teacher"; "ineffective legislation" [syn: ineffective, uneffective, ineffectual] [ant: effective, effectual, efficacious].
Ineffective (a.) Lacking in power or forcefulness; "an ineffectual ruler"; "like an unable phoenix in hot ashes" [syn: ineffective, ineffectual, unable].
Ineffective (a.) Lacking the ability or skill to perform effectively; inadequate; "an ineffective administration"; "inefficient workers" [syn: ineffective, inefficient].
Ineffectively (adv.) In an ineffective manner; without effect; inefficiently; ineffectually.
Ineffectively (adv.) In an ineffective manner; "he dealt with the problem rather ineffectively" [syn: inefficaciously, ineffectively] [ant: effectively, efficaciously].
Ineffectiveness (n.) Quality of being ineffective.
Ineffectiveness (n.) Lacking the power to be effective [syn: ineffectiveness, ineffectualness, ineffectuality] [ant: effectiveness, effectivity, effectuality, effectualness].
Ineffectual (a.) Not producing the proper effect; without effect; inefficient; weak; useless; futile; unavailing; as, an ineffectual attempt; an ineffectual expedient. -- Pope.
The peony root has been much commended, . . . and yet has been by many found ineffectual. -- Boyle.
Syn: Inefficient; useless; inefficacious; vain; fruitless; unavailing; futile. See Useless, Inefficacious.
Ineffectual (a.) Not producing an intended effect; "an ineffective teacher"; "ineffective legislation" [syn: ineffective, uneffective, ineffectual] [ant: effective, effectual, efficacious].
Ineffectual (a.) Producing no result or effect; "a futile effort"; "the therapy was ineffectual"; "an otiose undertaking"; "an unavailing attempt" [syn: futile, ineffectual, otiose, unavailing].
Ineffectual (a.) Lacking in power or forcefulness; "an ineffectual ruler"; "like an unable phoenix in hot ashes" [syn: ineffective, ineffectual, unable].
Ineffectuality
(n.)
Ineffectualness. [R.]
Ineffectuality (n.) Lacking the power to be
effective [syn: ineffectiveness, ineffectualness, ineffectuality]
[ant: effectiveness, effectivity, effectuality, effectualness].
Ineffectually (adv.) Without effect; in vain. Hereford . . . had been besieged for about two months ineffectually by the Scots. -- Ludlow.
Ineffectually (adv.) In an ineffectual manner; "she tried ineffectually to light the primus, and Thomas came to help her" [ant: effectually].
Ineffectualness (n.) Lack of effect, or of power to produce it; inefficacy.
The ineffectualness of some men's devotion. -- Wake.
Ineffectualness (n.) Lacking the power to be effective [syn: ineffectiveness, ineffectualness, ineffectuality] [ant: effectiveness, effectivity, effectuality, effectualness].
Ineffervescence (n.) Lack of effervescence. -- Kirwan.
Ineffervescent (a.) Not effervescing, or not susceptible of effervescence; quiescent.
Ineffervescibility (n.) The quality of being ineffervescible.
Ineffervescible (a.) Not capable or susceptible of effervescence.
Inefficacious (a.) Not efficacious; not having power to produce the effect desired; inadequate; incompetent; inefficient; impotent. -- Boyle.
The authority of Parliament must become inefficacious . . . to restrain the growth of disorders. -- Burke.
Note: Ineffectual, says Johnson, rather denotes an actual failure, and inefficacious an habitual impotence to any effect. But the distinction is not always observed, nor can it be; for we can not always know whether means are inefficacious till experiment has proved them ineffectual. Inefficacious is therefore sometimes synonymous with ineffectual.
Inefficacious (a.) Lacking the power to produce a desired effect; "laws that are inefficacious in stopping crime" [ant: efficacious].
Inefficaciously (adv.) without efficacy or effect.
Inefficaciously (adv.) In an ineffective manner; "he dealt with the problem rather ineffectively" [syn: inefficaciously, ineffectively] [ant: effectively, efficaciously].
Inefficaciousness (n.) Lack of effect, or of power to produce the effect; inefficacy.
Inefficaciousness (n.) A lack of efficacy [syn: inefficacy, inefficaciousness]
[ant: efficaciousness, efficacy].
Inefficacy (n.) Lack of power to produce the desired or proper effect; inefficiency; ineffectualness; futility; uselessness; fruitlessness; as, the inefficacy of medicines or means.
The seeming inefficacy of censures. -- Bp. Hall.
The inefficacy was soon proved, like that of many similar medicines. -- James Gregory.
Inefficacy (n.) A lack of efficacy [syn: inefficacy, inefficaciousness] [ant: efficaciousness, efficacy].
Inefficiency (n.) The quality of being inefficient; want of power or energy sufficient; want of power or energy sufficient for the desired effect; inefficacy; incapacity; as, he was discharged from his position for inefficiency.
Inefficiency (n.) Unskillfulness resulting from a lack of efficiency [ant: efficiency].
Inefficient (a.) Not efficient; not producing the effect intended or desired, or achieiving the effect by unnnecessary and excessive expenditure of resources; inefficacious; as, inefficient means or measures; inefficient methods are too expensive.
Inefficient (a.) Incapable of, or indisposed to, effective action; habitually slack or remiss; effecting little or nothing; as, inefficient workmen; an inefficient administrator.
Inefficient (a.) Not producing desired results; wasteful; "an inefficient campaign against drugs"; "outdated and inefficient design and methods" [ant: efficient].
Inefficient (a.) Lacking the ability or skill to perform effectively; inadequate; "an ineffective administration"; "inefficient workers" [syn: ineffective, inefficient].
Inefficiently (adv.) In an inefficient manner.
Inefficiently (adv.) In an inefficient manner; "he dealt inefficiently with the crisis" [ant: efficiently, expeditiously].
Inelaborate (a.) Not elaborate; not wrought with care; unpolished; crude; unfinished.
Inelaborate (a.) Not elaborate; lacking rich or complex detail [syn: inelaborate, unelaborate].
Inelastic (a.) Not elastic.
Inelastic (a.) (Economics) Reacting little to changing price; -- of demand; as, Potatoes have an inelastic demand.
Inelastic (a.) Not elastic; "economists speak of an inelastic price structure" [ant: elastic].
Inelasticity (n.) Lack of elasticity. Inelegance
Inelasticity (n.) The lack of elasticity [ant: elasticity, snap].
Inelegances (n. pl. ) of Inelegancy.
Inelegancies (n. pl. ) of Inelegancy.
Inelegance (n.) Alt. of Inelegancy.
Inelegancy (n.) The quality of being inelegant; want of elegance or grace; want of refinement, beauty, or polish in language, composition, or manners.
The notorious inelegance of her figure. -- T. Hook.
Inelegancy (n.) Anything inelegant; as, inelegance of style in literary composition.
Inelegance (n.) The quality of lacking refinement and good taste [ant: elegance].
Inelegant (a.) Not elegant; deficient in beauty, polish, refinement, grave, or ornament; wanting in anything which correct taste requires.
What order so contrived as not to mix Tastes, not well joined, inelegant. -- Milton.
It renders style often obscure, always embarrassed and inelegant. -- Blair.
Inelegant (a.) Lacking in refinement or grace or good taste [ant: elegant].
Inelegantly (adv.) In an inelegant manner.
Inelegantly (adv.) Without elegance [ant: elegantly].
Ineligibility (n.) The state or quality of being ineligible.
Ineligibility (n.) The quality or state of being ineligible [ant: eligibility].
Ineligible (a.) Not eligible; not qualified to be chosen for an office; not worthy to be chosen or prefered; not expedient or desirable. -- Burke.
Ineligible (a.) Not eligible; "ineligible to vote"; "ineligible for retirement benefits" [ant: eligible].
Ineligible (a.) Prohibited by official rules; "an ineligible pass receiver."
Inelligibly (adv.) In an ineligible manner.
Ineloquent (a.) Not eloquent; not fluent, graceful, or pathetic; not persuasive; as, ineloquent language.
Nor are thy lips ungraceful, sire of men, Nor tongue ineloquent. -- Milton.
Ineloquently (adv.) Without eloquence.
Ineloquently (adv.) Without eloquence; in an inarticulate manner; "the freshman expresses his thoughts inarticulately" [syn: ineloquently, inarticulately] [ant: articulately, eloquently].
Ineluctable (a.) Not to be overcome
by struggling; irresistible; inevitable. -- Bp. Pearson.
The ineluctable conditions of matter. -- Hamerton.
Ineluctable (a.) Impossible to avoid or evade:"inescapable conclusion"; "an ineluctable destiny"; "an unavoidable accident" [syn: ineluctable, inescapable, unavoidable].
Ineludible (a.) Incapable of being eluded or evaded; unvoidable.
Most pressing reasons and ineludible demonstrations. -- Glanvill.
Inembryonate (a.) (Biol.) Not embryonate.
Inenarrable (a.) Incapable of being narrated; indescribable; ineffable. "Inenarrable goodness." -- Bp. Fisher.
Inept (a.) 不適當的；無能的；笨拙的 Not apt or fit; unfit; unsuitable; improper; unbecoming.
The Aristotelian philosophy is inept for new discoveries. -- Glanvill.
Inept (a.) Silly; useless; nonsensical; absurd; foolish.
To view attention as a special act of intelligence, and to distinguish it from consciousness, is utterly inept. -- Sir W. Hamilton.
Inept (a.) Not elegant or graceful in expression; "an awkward prose style"; "a clumsy apology"; "his cumbersome writing style"; "if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?" [syn: awkward, clumsy, cumbersome, inapt, inept, ill-chosen].
Inept (a.) Generally incompetent and ineffectual; "feckless attempts to repair the plumbing"; "inept handling of the account" [syn: feckless, inept].
Inept (a.) Revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse; "an inept remark"; "it was tactless to bring up those disagreeable" [syn: inept, tactless].
Ineptitude (n.) 不合適，不適當；笨拙，愚笨 The quality of being inept; unfitness; inaptitude; unsuitableness.
That ineptitude for society, which is frequently the fault of us scholars. -- Tatler.
Ineptitude (n.) Absurdity; nonsense; foolishness.
Ineptitude (n.) Unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training [syn: awkwardness, clumsiness, ineptness, ineptitude, maladroitness, slowness].
Ineptitude (n.) Having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful; "the drill sergeant's intent was to convince all the recruits of their worthlessness" [syn: worthlessness, ineptitude] [ant: worth].
Ineptly (adv.) Unfitly; unsuitably; awkwardly.
None of them are made foolishly or ineptly. -- Dr. H. More.
Ineptness (n.) Unfitness; ineptitude.
The feebleness and miserable ineptness of infancy -- Dr. H. More.
Inequable (a.) Unequable. [R.] -- Bailey.
Inequal (a.) Unequal; uneven; various. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Inequalities (n. pl. ) of Inequality.
Inequality (n.) 不均等；不平等；不平衡 [U] [C]；（表面的）不平坦；不齊整 [C] [P1]；【數】不等（式） The quality of being unequal; difference, or want of equality, in any respect; lack of uniformity; disproportion; unevenness; disparity; diversity; as, an inequality in size, stature, numbers, power, distances, motions, rank, property, etc.
There is so great an inequality in the length of our legs and arms as makes it impossible for us to walk on all four. -- Ray.
Notwithstanding which inequality of number, it was resolved in a council of war to fight the Dutch fleet. -- Ludlow.
Sympathy is rarely strong where there is a great inequality of condition. -- Macaulay.
Inequality (n.) Unevenness; want of levelness; the alternate rising and falling of a surface; as, the inequalities of the surface of the earth, or of a marble slab, etc.
The country is cut into so many hills and inequalities as renders it defensible. -- Addison.