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Equalities 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.
Inequalities Inequality In`e*qual"i*ty, n.; pl. Inequalities. [L.
inaequalitas.]
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Variableness; changeableness; inconstancy; lack of
smoothness or equability; deviation; unsteadiness, as of
the weather, feelings, etc.
Inequality of air is ever an enemy to health.
--Bacon.
4. Disproportion to any office or purpose; inadequacy;
competency; as, the inequality of terrestrial things to
the wants of a rational soul. --South.
5. (Alg.) An expression consisting of two unequal quantities,
with the sign of inequality (.gt. or .lt.) between them;
as, the inequality 2 .lt. 3, or 4 .gt. 1.
6. (Astron.) An irregularity, or a deviation, in the motion
of a planet or satellite from its uniform mean motion; the
amount of such deviation.
Occult qualities Occult Oc*cult", a. [L. occultus, p. p. of occulere to cover
up, hide; ob (see Ob-) + a root prob.akin to E. hell: cf.
F. occulte.]
Hidden from the eye or the understanding; inviable; secret;
concealed; unknown.
It is of an occult kind, and is so insensible in its
advances as to escape observation. --I. Taylor.
Occult line (Geom.), a line drawn as a part of the
construction of a figure or problem, but not to appear in
the finished plan.
Occult qualities, those qualities whose effects only were
observed, but the nature and relations of whose productive
agencies were undetermined; -- so called by the schoolmen.
Occult sciences, those sciences of the Middle Ages which
related to the supposed action or influence of occult
qualities, or supernatural powers, as alchemy, magic,
necromancy, and astrology.
Primary qualities of bodies Primary Pri"ma*ry, a. [L. primarius, fr. primus first: cf. F.
primaire. See Prime, a., and cf. Premier, Primero.]
1. First in order of time or development or in intention;
primitive; fundamental; original.
The church of Christ, in its primary institution.
--Bp. Pearson.
These I call original, or primary, qualities of
body. --Locke.
2. First in order, as being preparatory to something higher;
as, primary assemblies; primary schools.
3. First in dignity or importance; chief; principal; as,
primary planets; a matter of primary importance.
4. (Geol.) Earliest formed; fundamental.
5. (Chem.) Illustrating, possessing, or characterized by,
some quality or property in the first degree; having
undergone the first stage of substitution or replacement.
Primary alcohol (Organic Chem.), any alcohol which possess
the group CH2.OH, and can be oxidized so as to form a
corresponding aldehyde and acid having the same number of
carbon atoms; -- distinguished from secondary & tertiary
alcohols.
Primary amine (Chem.), an amine containing the amido group,
or a derivative of ammonia in which only one atom of
hydrogen has been replaced by a basic radical; --
distinguished from secondary & tertiary amines.
Primary amputation (Surg.), an amputation for injury
performed as soon as the shock due to the injury has
passed away, and before symptoms of inflammation
supervene.
Primary axis (Bot.), the main stalk which bears a whole
cluster of flowers.
Primary colors. See under Color.
Primary meeting, a meeting of citizens at which the first
steps are taken towards the nomination of candidates, etc.
See Caucus.
Primary pinna (Bot.), one of those portions of a compound
leaf or frond which branch off directly from the main
rhachis or stem, whether simple or compounded.
Primary planets. (Astron.) See the Note under Planet.
Primary qualities of bodies, such are essential to and
inseparable from them.
Primary quills (Zo["o]l.), the largest feathers of the wing
of a bird; primaries.
Primary rocks (Geol.), a term early used for rocks supposed
to have been first formed, being crystalline and
containing no organic remains, as granite, gneiss, etc.;
-- called also primitive rocks. The terms Secondary,
Tertiary, and Quaternary rocks have also been used in like
manner, but of these the last two only are now in use.
Primary salt (Chem.), a salt derived from a polybasic acid
in which only one acid hydrogen atom has been replaced by
a base or basic radical.
Primary syphilis (Med.), the initial stage of syphilis,
including the period from the development of the original
lesion or chancre to the first manifestation of symptoms
indicative of general constitutional infection.
Primary union (Surg.), union without suppuration; union by
the first intention.
