资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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}.

Confessional \Con*fes"sion*al\, a.
   Pertaining to a confession of faith.

   {Confessional equality}, equality before the law of persons
      confessing different creeds.