Part 197

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 (> or <) between them; as, the inequality 2 < 3, or 4 > 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.

In`e*qua"tion (?), n. (Math.) An inequality.

In*e`qui*dis"tant (?), a. Not equally distant; not equidistant.

In*e`qui*lat"er*al (?), a. 1. Having unequal sides; unsymmetrical; unequal- sided.

2. (Zoöl.) Having the two ends unequal, as in the clam, quahaug, and most lamellibranch shells.

In*e`qui*lo"bate (?), a. [Pref. in- not + equi- + lobate.] (Biol.) Unequally lobed; cut into lobes of different shapes or sizes.

In*eq"ui*ta*ble (?), a. Not equitable; not just. Burke.

In*eq"ui*tate (?), v. t. [L. inequitatus, p. p. inequitare to ride over. See 1st In-, and Equitant.] To ride over or through. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

In*eq"ui*ty (?), n. Want of equity; injustice; wrong. "Some form of inequity." H. Spencer.

{ In*e"qui*valve (?), In*e`qui*val"vu*lar (?), } a. (Zoöl.) Having unequal valves, as the shell of an oyster.

In`e*rad"i*ca*ble (?), a. Incapable of being eradicated or rooted out.

The bad seed thus sown was ineradicable.

Ld. Lytton.

In`e*rad"i*ca*bly, adv. So as not to be eradicable.

{ In`er*get"ic (?), In`er*get"ic*al (?), } a. [Pref. in- not + energetic, - ical.] Having no energy; sluggish. [R.] Boyle.

In`er*get"ic*al*ly, adv. Without energy. [R.]

{ In*erm" (?), In*er"mous (?), } a. (Bot.) Same as Inermis.

||In*er"mis (?), a. [L. inermis, inermus; pref. in- not + arma arms: ||cf. F. inerme.] (Bot.) Unarmed; destitute of prickles or thorns, as a ||leaf. Gray. || In*er`ra*bil"i*ty (?), n. Freedom or exemption from error; infallibility. Eikon Basilike.