parity

Meanings

Plural: parities

Noun

• (obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered
  • "the parity of the mother must be considered"
• (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"
• (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
• (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
• functional equality
• Equality; comparability of strength or intensity.
• 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.
• Senses related to classification into two sets.
• The classification of an element of a set with parity into one of the two sets.
• Senses related to classification into two sets.
• The count of one bits in a value, reduced to even or odd or zero or one.
• Senses related to classification into two sets.
• Symmetry of interactions under spatial inversion.
• In reversi, the last move within a given sector of the board.
• Resemblance; analogy.
• The number of delivered pregnancies reaching viable gestational age, usually between 20-28 weeks
• The number of times a sow has farrowed.

Synonyms

check bit, conservation of parity, mirror symmetry, para, parity bit, space-reflection symmetry

Antonyms

chirality