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disparity |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Disparity \Dis*par"i*ty\, n.; pl {Disparities}. [LL. disparitas fr L. dispar unlike, unequal; dis- + par equal: cf F. disparit['e]. See {Par}, {Peer}.] Inequality; difference in age, rank, condition, or excellence; dissimilitude; -- followed by between, in of as to etc.; as disparity in or of years; a disparity as to color. The disparity between God and his intelligent creatures. --I. Taylor. The disparity of numbers was not such as ought to cause any uneasiness. --Macaulay. Syn: Inequality; unlikeness; dissimilitude; disproportion; difference. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: disparity n : inequality or difference in some respect
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