ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

isochronal, isochronous isoperimetric † , isoperimetrical † ; isobath [Ocean.], isobathic
[Ocean.].
Adv. equally &c adj.; pari passu [Lat.], ad eundum [Lat.], caeteris paribus [Lat.]; in
equilibrio [Lat.]; to all intents and purposes.
Phr. it comes to the same thing, it amounts to the same thing; what is sauce for the goose
is sauce for the gander.
28. [Difference of quantity or degree.] Inequality -- N. inequality; disparity, imparity;
odds; difference &c 15; unevenness; inclination of the balance, partiality, bias, weight;
shortcoming; casting weight, make-weight; superiority &c 33; inferiority &c 34;
inequation † .
V. be unequal &c adj.; countervail; have the advantage, give the advantage; turn the
scale; kick the beam; topple, topple over; overmatch &c 33; not come up to &c 34.
Adj. unequal, uneven, disparate, partial; unbalanced, overbalanced; top-heavy, lopsided,
biased, skewed; disquiparant † .
Adv. haud passibus aequis [Lat.] [Vergil].
29. Mean -- N. mean, average; median, mode; balance, medium, mediocrity, generality;
golden mean &c (mid-course) 628; middle &c 68; compromise &c 774; middle course,
middle state; neutrality.
mediocrity, least common denominator.
V. split the difference; take the average &c n.; reduce to a mean &c n.; strike a balance,
pair off.
Adj. mean, intermediate; middle &c 68; average; neutral.
mediocre, middle-class; commonplace &c (unimportant) 643.
Adv. on an average, in the long run; taking one with another, taking all things together,
taking it for all in all; communibus annis [Lat.], in round numbers.
Phr. medium tenuere beati [Lat.].
30. Compensation -- N. compensation, equation; commutation; indemnification;
compromise; &c 774 neutralization, nullification; counteraction &c 179; reaction;
measure for measure, retaliation, &c 718 equalization; &c 27; robbing Peter to pay Paul.
set-off, offset; make-weight, casting-weight; counterpoise, ballast; indemnity,
equivalent, quid pro quo; bribe, hush money; amends &c (atonement) 952;
counterbalance, counterclaim; cross-debt, cross-demand.
V. make compensation; compensate, compense † ; indemnify; counteract, countervail,
counterpoise; balance; outbalance † , overbalance, counterbalance; set off; hedge, square,
give and take; make up for, lee way; cover, fill up, neutralize, nullify; equalize &c 27;
make good; redeem &c (atone) 952.
Adj. compensating, compensatory; countervailing &c v.; in the opposite scale; equivalent
&c (equal) 27.
Adv. in return, in consideration; but, however, yet, still, notwithstanding; nevertheless,
nathless † , none the less; although, though; albeit, howbeit; mauger † ; at all events, at any
rate; be that as it may, for all that, even so, on the other, hand, at the same time, quoad
minus [Lat.], quand meme [Fr.], however that may be; after all is said and done; taking
one thing with another &c (average) 29.