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1. (n.) parity
equality, as in amount, status, or character.
2. parity
equivalence or correspondence; similarity.
3. parity
equivalent value in the currency of another country.
4. parity
equivalent value at a fixed ratio between moneys of different metals.
5. parity
the property of symmetry between a subatomic particle and its mirror image, indicated by +1 if the two are indistinguishable and by −1 if they are different.
6. parity
a system of regulating prices of farm commodities, usu. by government price supports, to provide farmers with the same purchasing power they had in a selected base period.
7. parity
the status, as even or odd, of the total number of bits per byte or word: used to detect errors in a computer system or in data communications.
8. (n.) parity
the condition of having borne offspring.
Etymology: (1875–80; < L par(ere) to bring forth (cf. parent ) + -ity)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) parity, para
(obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered
"the parity of the mother must be considered"; "a bipara is a woman who has given birth to two children"
2. (noun) parity
(mathematics) a relation between a pair of integers: if both integers are odd or both are even they have the same parity; if one is odd and the other is even they have different parity
"parity is often used to check the integrity of transmitted data"
3. (noun) parity bit, parity, check bit
(computer science) a bit that is used in an error detection procedure in which a 0 or 1 is added to each group of bits so that it will have either an odd number of 1's or an even number of 1's; e.g., if the parity is odd then any group of bits that arrives with an even number of 1's must contain an error
4. (noun) parity, conservation of parity, space-reflection symmetry, mirror symmetry
(physics) parity is conserved in a universe in which the laws of physics are the same in a right-handed system of coordinates as in a left-handed system
5. (noun) parity
functional equality
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) parity
the quality or condition of being equal or equivalent; A like state or degree; equality; close correspondence; analogy; as, parity of reasoning
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. parity
The number of offspring a female has borne. It is contrasted with GRAVIDITY, which refers to the number of pregnancies, regardless of outcome.
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