Thesaurus: parity

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1. n. The quality or condition of being equal or equivalent; A like state or degree; equality; close correspondence; analogy; as, parity of reasoning.
2. n. (obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered
3. n. (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
4. n. (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
5. n. (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
6. n. functional equality
7. The quality or condition of being equal or equivalent; A like state or degree; equality; close correspondence; analogy; as, parity of reasoning. "No parity of principle." De Quincey. Equality of length and parity of numeration. Sir T. Browne.
8. The quality or condition of being equal or equivalent; A likestate or degree; equality; close correspondence; analogy; as, parityof reasoning. "No parity of principle." De Quincey.Equality of length and parity of numeration. Sir T. Browne.
9. n:100 n. (obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered n. (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 n. (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 n. functional equality