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English noun: parity

1. parity (state) (obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered


SamplesThe parity of the mother must be considered.
A bipara is a woman who has given birth to two children.


Synonymspara


Broader (hypernym)gestation, maternity, pregnancy


Domain categorymidwifery, OB, obstetrics, tocology

2. 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


SamplesParity is often used to check the integrity of transmitted data.


Broader (hypernym)mathematical relation


Narrower (hyponym)evenness, oddness


Domain categorymath, mathematics, maths

3. parity (quantity) (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


Synonymscheck bit, parity bit


Broader (hypernym)bit


Domain categorycomputer science, computing

4. parity (cognition) (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


Synonymsconservation of parity, mirror symmetry, space-reflection symmetry


Broader (hypernym)conservation


Domain categorynatural philosophy, physics

5. parity (attribute) functional equality


Broader (hypernym)equivalence









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