The Emergence Machine

Inequality

abstract · Mathematics · Level 2 · E0

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Emergence definition

Inequalities are comparisons of magnitude and amount, often used to describe relationships between quantities.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “inequality” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “inequality”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
inaequalitas
Origin language
la

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL2L1L0InequalityQuantityPatternSpaceE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesInequality SocL7PrivilegeL12Inequality EconL16Occupy Wall StreetL16InequalityL2QuantityL1E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Quantity L1 (requires)
    Inequalities compare the relative sizes of different quantities.

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