单词 | near equality |
释义 | > as lemmasnear equality near equality n. the state of being almost equal; approximate equivalence in scope or extent. ΚΠ 1691 T. Hale Acct. New Inventions 95 The Plumber's vain pretence to near Equality, and endeavour to cast as equal as he can.] 1851 Chambers's Papers for People XII. 28 I wish her to marry in her own rank and with near equality of fortune. 1887 Cent. Mag. May 59/1 The importance of preserving a near equality between the supply of nutriment to the body and the expenditure produced by the activity of the latter. 1967 E. U. Condon & H. Odishaw Handbk. Physics (ed. 2) iv. xi. 188/1 The phenomena that occur in a plasma and distinguish it from any arbitrary collection of charged particles are the near equality of positive and negative charges. 1996 Amer. Econ. Rev. 86 332/2 The near-equality of education levels of recent cohorts of men and women in South Africa. < as lemmas |
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