Talk:不等式

不等式 > 不 + 等式 or 不等 + 式 ?
"as budeng is bu(not) + deng(equal), and deng(equal) is a part of dengshi". What makes you think this is "sensible"? In English, it's easy to determined that inequality is broken down into +, not *inequal +  as  doesn't seem to be a "valid" word (it isn't included in a couple of well-known dictionaries; the "valid" one would be ). In French, however, can be broken down into either  +  or  +. 不等式 might work similarly as 不等 a valid word.

What is your take on this? ばかFumiko￥talk 04:39, 16 May 2016 (UTC)


 * I think it is the latter. 不等 = not equal; unequal, and 式 is added based on analogy with 等式. 式 has the meaning of "a set of symbols to represent something in a natural science subject", e.g. 方程式, 化學式, 分子式. You can say 不等的式子 to get 不等式, but not 不的等式. Moedict follows this as well. Wyang (talk) 04:44, 16 May 2016 (UTC)


 * Thanks. ばかFumiko￥talk 13:03, 16 May 2016 (UTC)


 * On a similar note, shouldn't 不等號 be 不等 + 號? — justin(r)leung { (t...) 00:30, 17 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Yes, changed. Wyang (talk) 02:05, 17 May 2016 (UTC)