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parity
1[ par-i-tee ]
noun
- equality, as in amount, status, or character.
She and her brother always seemed like day and night to me, but I'm starting to see a real parity of nature between them.
- Finance.
- equivalence in value in the currency of another country.
- equivalence in value at a fixed ratio between moneys of different metals.
- Physics.
- a property of a wave function, expressed as +1 or −1 and noting the relation of the given function to the function formed when each variable is replaced by its negative, +1 indicating that the functions are identical and −1 that the second function is the negative of the first.
- Also called intrinsic parity. a number +1 or −1 assigned to each kind of elementary particle in such a way that the product of the parities of the particles in a system of particles multiplied by the parity of the wave function describing the system is unchanged when particles are created or annihilated.
- a system of regulating prices of farm commodities, usually by government price supports, to provide farmers with the same purchasing power they had in a selected base period.
- Computers. the condition of the number of items in a set, particularly the number of bits per byte or word, being either even or odd: used as a means for detecting certain errors.
parity
2[ par-i-tee ]
noun
- the condition or fact of having borne offspring.
parity
1/ ˈæɪɪ /
noun
- equality of rank, pay, etc
- close or exact analogy or equivalence
- finance
- the amount of a foreign currency equivalent at the established exchange rate to a specific sum of domestic currency
- a similar equivalence between different forms of the same national currency, esp the gold equivalent of a unit of gold-standard currency
- equality between prices of commodities or securities in two separate markets
- physics
- a property of a physical system characterized by the behaviour of the sign of its wave function when all spatial coordinates are reversed in direction. The wave function either remains unchanged ( even parity ) or changes in sign ( odd parity )
- a quantum number describing this property, equal to +1 for even parity systems and –1 for odd parity systems P See also conservation of parity
- maths a relationship between two integers. If both are odd or both even they have the same parity; if one is odd and one even they have different parity
- (in the US) a system of government support for farm products
parity
2/ ˈæɪɪ /
noun
- the condition or fact of having given birth
- the number of children to which a woman has given birth
parity
- The property of a physical system that entails how the system would behave if the coordinate system were reversed, each dimension changing sign from x, y, z to −x, −y, −z. If a system behaves in the same way when the coordinate system is reversed, then it is said to have even parity ; if it does not, it is said to have odd parity. For bosons, the antiparticle of any given particle has the same parity, odd or even, as that particle. For fermions, the antiparticle has the opposite parity.
- See also conservation law
- A quantum number, either +1 or −1, that mathematically describes this property.
- The number of 1's in a piece of binary code, generally taken as the quality of odd or even rather than as a specific number. The parity of packets of binary data is often transmitted along with the data to help detect whether the value of any bits has been altered.
Word History and Origins
Origin of parity1
Origin of parity2
Word History and Origins
Origin of parity1
Origin of parity2
Example Sentences
This is just two seats away from gender parity, which would make California the largest global economy — and one of only four U.S. states — to have a legislature that is 50% women.
The IOC announced an athlete quota of 10,500 in 31 core sports, which matches the Paris Games that were the first Games to reach full gender parity.
A year after Paris 2024 set a milestone as the first Olympics to achieve full gender parity, Coventry's triumph sends a powerful message.
However, Unrivaled champions a different kind of political statement: one rooted in the fight for pay parity and equal facilities for women’s sports.
A pay deal in 2024 averted strikes in FE colleges, and brought pay parity with teachers at some grades.
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