EQUALITY Synonyms

• (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Libra

• a state of equilibrium

• the seventh sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about September 23 to October 22

• equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account

• harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design)

• equality of distribution

• something left after other parts have been taken away

• the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account

• (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane

• a weight that balances another weight

• a wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine; especially a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece to regulate its beat

• a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity

• bring into balance or equilibrium

• compute credits and debits of an account

• hold or carry in equilibrium

• be in equilibrium

• the difference between the market value of a property and the claims held against it

• the ownership interest of shareholders in a corporation

• conformity with rules or standards

• the parity of even numbers (divisible by two)

• a quality of uniformity and lack of variation

• the quality of being balanced

• conformity with rules or standards

• ability to make judgments free from discrimination or dishonesty

• the property of having a naturally light complexion

• the quality of being good looking and attractive

• an inclination to weigh both views or opinions equally

• the quality of being just or fair

• the United States federal department responsible for enforcing federal laws (including the enforcement of all civil rights legislation); created in 1870

• judgment involved in the determination of rights and the assignment of rewards and punishments

• a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice

• (obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered

• (mathematics) a relation between a pair of integers: if both integers are odd or both are even they have the same parity; if one is odd and the other is even they have different parity

• (computer science) a bit that is used in an error detection procedure in which a 0 or 1 is added to each group of bits so that it will have either an odd number of 1's or an even number of 1's; e.g., if the parity is odd then any group of bits that arrives with an even number of 1's must contain an error

• (physics) parity is conserved in a universe in which the laws of physics are the same in a right-handed system of coordinates as in a left-handed system

• functional equality

• the quality of being alike

• the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety

• a condition in which everything is regular and unvarying

• the quality of lacking diversity or variation (even to the point of boredom)

• a mathematical statement that two expressions are equal

• a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced

• the act of regarding as equal

• (golf) the standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course

• a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced

• make a score (on a hole) equal to par