Parity

//ˈpæɹɪti// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Equality; comparability of strength or intensity. uncountable

    "Altogether, Microsoft claims a 99% feature parity between 32-bit and 64-bit editions."

  2. 2
    The number of delivered pregnancies reaching viable gestational age, usually between 20-28 weeks. countable
  3. 3
    functional equality wordnet
  4. 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. 5
    The number of times a sow has farrowed. countable
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  1. 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
  2. 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."

  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 11
    Senses related to classification into two sets.; Symmetry of interactions under spatial inversion. countable
  7. 12
    (obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered wordnet
  8. 13
    In reversi, the last move within a given sector of the board. countable
  9. 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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