parity

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈpæɹɪti/ (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): /ˈpaɹɪtɪj/ (US) (without the Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /ˈpæɹɪti/ (Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /ˈpɛɹɪti/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈpaɾɪte/, /-tɪ/, /-ti/ (Wales) IPA(key): /ˈpaɾɪti/ Rhymes: -æɹɪti Homophone: parody (flapping, weak vowel merger) Hyphenation: par‧i‧ty === Etymology 1 === From Middle French parité, from Late Latin paritās, from Latin pār (“equal”). Equivalent to pari- +‎ -ty. ==== Noun ==== parity (countable and uncountable, plural parities) (uncountable) Equality; comparability of strength or intensity. 2000 April 26, Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Delta Guide, Pearson Education, unpaged: Altogether, Microsoft claims a 99% feature parity between 32-bit and 64-bit editions. Senses related to classification into two sets. (mathematics, countable) 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. Parity is always preserved in such operations. (mathematics, countable) The classification of an element of a set with parity into one of the two sets. The particles' parities can switch at random. (computing) The count of one bits in a value, reduced to even or odd or zero or one. (physics, countable) Symmetry of interactions under spatial inversion. (games, countable) In reversi, the last move within a given sector of the board. Resemblance; analogy. ===== Antonyms ===== chirality ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Latin paritas, from pariō (“give birth”). ==== Noun ==== parity (plural parities) (medicine) The number of delivered pregnancies reaching viable gestational age, usually between 20-28 weeks. (agriculture) The number of times a sow has farrowed. ===== Translations =====