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Parity
//ˈpæɹɪti// noun
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Noun
- 1 Equality; comparability of strength or intensity. uncountable
"Altogether, Microsoft claims a 99% feature parity between 32-bit and 64-bit editions."
- 2 The number of delivered pregnancies reaching viable gestational age, usually between 20-28 weeks. countable
- 3 functional equality wordnet
- 4 Senses related to classification into two sets.; A set with the property of having all of its elements belonging to one of two disjoint subsets, especially a set of integers split in subsets of even and odd elements. countable
"Parity is always preserved in such operations."
- 5 The number of times a sow has farrowed. countable
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- 6 (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 wordnet
- 7 Senses related to classification into two sets.; The classification of an element of a set with parity into one of the two sets. countable
"The particles' parities can switch at random."
- 8 (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 wordnet
- 9 Senses related to classification into two sets.; The count of one bits in a value, reduced to even or odd or zero or one. countable, uncountable
- 10 (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 wordnet
- 11 Senses related to classification into two sets.; Symmetry of interactions under spatial inversion. countable
- 12 (obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered wordnet
- 13 In reversi, the last move within a given sector of the board. countable
- 14 Resemblance; analogy. countable, uncountable
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle French parité, from Late Latin paritās, from Latin pār (“equal”). Equivalent to pari- + -ty.
Etymology 2
From Latin paritas, from pariō (“give birth”).
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